Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 3.7%
59% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 18% of households are one person living alone. The median age in Ickford is 50.4, higher than in 87% of UK towns. The village counted 677 residents and 268 households at the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 77% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Ickford has 8.9%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 86% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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%.
By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 10% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 92% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
With households with dependent children at 28%, Ickford is ahead of 61% of UK towns on that count. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.2%.
A smaller share of households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.9%
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
Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
In Ickford, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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
In Ickford, 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%).
In Ickford, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% 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: 94% of Ickford · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (0.3%). Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 69% of UK towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 34% of residents said they have no religion here.
Ickford ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 67%
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
7.6% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 20% in Ickford.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of Ickford’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Ickford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ickford | 677 | — | 50.4 | 26% | 28% |
| Long Crendon | 2,495 | 2.9 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 30% |
| Oakley | 1,129 | 3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 30% |
| Wheatley | 4,305 | 3.4 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Thame | 12,952 | 3.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 29% |
| Horspath | 1,467 | 4.9 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Garsington | 1,295 | 5.4 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 24% |
| Haddenham | 5,603 | 5.8 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 30% |
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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 Ickford’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 Ickford’s residents
What is the population of Ickford?
The 2021 Census counted 677 people in Ickford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ickford?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ickford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ickford?
34% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Ickford good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ickford’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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