Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 20% in Lee Common, less than in 98% of UK towns
The share of households in detached houses is 63%, against 21% across England’s towns. Lee Common is home to 356 residents in 142 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, 67% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment.
7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 45–49: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that 28% of residents are 65 or over in Lee Common. With a median age of 50.3, Lee Common is older than 86% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 92% of UK towns: 6.5% 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 or semi-routine work; Lee Common has 52% and 13%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison. The share of full-time students stands at 4.9%.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 91% of UK towns, at 34%
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.
Households in Lee Common hold 2.5 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Lee Common sits below 98% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (4.9%)
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
Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 6.3% in Lee Common.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns, at 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 20% across Buckinghamshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns.
Lee Common: 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 94% 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: 95% of Lee Common · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 35% in Lee Common. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. The census found that 95% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
The share of unpaid carers trails 93% of UK towns: 7.4%. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 52% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of Lee Common’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 52% have one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Lee Common, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Common | 356 | — | 50.3 | 28% | 34% |
| South Heath | 1,278 | 1.4 mi | 48.6 | 22% | 33% |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Little Kingshill | 1,471 | 2.9 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 38% |
| Hyde Heath | 1,048 | 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 32% |
| Chesham | 23,691 | 3.3 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 3.5 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Great Kingshill | 1,669 | 4.2 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Lee Common’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 Lee Common’s residents
What is the population of Lee Common?
The 2021 Census counted 356 people in Lee Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lee Common?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lee Common?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lee Common?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.8% didn’t answer.
Is Lee Common good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lee Common’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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