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45.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.3%

Here nearly half of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. At 32%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 84% of UK towns. Lavendon is home to 1,469 residents in 604 households, by the 2021 Census.

22%aged 65 or over 6%born abroad 604households

Ages

Below 63% of UK towns: 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

LavendonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

50–54 is the most common age band: 8.2% of residents. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 45.4, Lavendon is older than 57% of UK towns. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1518%

15 to 249.4%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6429%

65 and over22%

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Lavendon

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

5.6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 77% of UK towns

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

Full-time students5.6%

Higher managerial and professional21%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical3.3%

Semi-routine8.5%

Routine8.4%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.1%

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Lavendon

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

166

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Bigger households than 80% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 32%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 2.3%

Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns

Lavendon

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person23%

2 people41%

3 people14%

4 people16%

5 or more5.4%

England’s towns.

On the census count, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

Lavendon ranks below 90% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 8.4%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Lavendon

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van8.4%

One34%

Two42%

Three or more15%

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

With households in terraced houses at 26%, Lavendon is ahead of 73% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Lavendon ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%

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%

Lavendon

Buckinghamshire’s towns

20%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0.6%

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

In Lavendon, 6% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).

Ethnicity & religion

Above 59% of UK towns: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian

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

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian1.5%

Mixed1.9%

Black0.9%

Other0.1%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 92% of Lavendon · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion40%

Christian51%

Muslim0.6%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer6.5%

0%30%60%

After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (0.8%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 40% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership56%

Separated1.4%

Divorced9.9%

Widowed6.3%

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

116residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.7%

Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.2%. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of adults who have never married stands at 26%.

Qualifications

41% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship4.2%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level41%

LavendonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Lavendon’s adults: 41% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

Lavendon is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

OlneyHarroldBozeatWollastonBromhamOakleySharnbrookLavendon

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Lavendon	1,469	—	45.4	22%	32%
Olney	6,600	2.1 mi	47.6	25%	28%
Harrold	1,668	3.1 mi	47.6	20%	29%
Bozeat	2,166	3.4 mi	50.2	25%	24%
Wollaston	3,564	5.7 mi	44.7	21%	30%
Bromham	4,652	5.8 mi	49.3	27%	27%
Oakley	2,507	6 mi	45.1	23%	34%
Sharnbrook	1,744	6.1 mi	50.3	28%	28%

More about Lavendon’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health A⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute BIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living COwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools BEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Lavendon’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 Lavendon’s residents

What is the population of Lavendon?

The 2021 Census counted 1,469 people in Lavendon’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Lavendon?

The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Lavendon?

92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Lavendon?

40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.

Is Lavendon good for families?

32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lavendon’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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