Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Hyde Heath sits below 99% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (0.5%)
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6.7% of households live in a terraced house in Hyde Heath. Census day 2021: 1,048 residents and 403 households locally. Households without a car or van account for 4%. The median age in the village is 49.6, higher than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Hyde Heath’s people
Many older residents
30% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 91% of UK towns; 14% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 50–54: 7.7% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 95% of UK towns: 6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Hyde Heath, 52% and 11%. Census figures put full-time students at 4.7% locally.
One-person households make up 20% in Hyde Heath, less than in 98% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. On top of that, on households with dependent children, Hyde Heath sits higher than 84% of UK towns: 32%. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
Hyde Heath ranks above 98% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 66%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Hyde Heath has 13%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Hyde Heath: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 62% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
7.3% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (2.3%).
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 69% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 89% of Hyde Heath · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 40% of residents said they have no religion here. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. On the census count, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 62%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
With adults who have never married at 21%, Hyde Heath is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers stands at 7.8%.
51% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Hyde Heath, 51% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.3% have no qualification at all (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Hyde Heath
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Heath | 1,048 | — | 49.6 | 30% | 32% |
| South Heath | 1,278 | 1.8 mi | 48.6 | 22% | 33% |
| Little Kingshill | 1,471 | 2.1 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 38% |
| Chesham | 23,691 | 2.2 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Amersham | 17,377 | 2.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 34% |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 3.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Great Kingshill | 1,669 | 3.4 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Hazlemere | 20,006 | 3.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 30% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Buckinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Buckinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Hyde Heath’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Hyde Heath’s residents
What is the population of Hyde Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 1,048 people in Hyde Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hyde Heath?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hyde Heath?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hyde Heath?
40% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Hyde Heath good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hyde Heath’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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