Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 3.5%
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Longwick is home to 1,528 residents in 626 households, by the 2021 Census. 4.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 20% of households are one person living alone.
What the Census says about Longwick’s people
A village people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
8.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 55% of UK towns: 22%. More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents. Half of Longwick’s residents are under 42.4, younger than in 66% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 95% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 5.3% of adults are full-time students in Longwick. To put it in context, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Longwick households average 2.4 people, larger than in 77% 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.
The share of households with dependent children tops 78% of UK towns: 31%.
Above 92% of UK towns: 53% of households live in a detached house
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
Households in terraced houses: 14%, below 77% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Longwick: 8.1% of residents were born outside the UK, above 64% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By its share of residents whose main language is English (98%), Longwick is below 54% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
A lower White British share than 72% of UK towns: 88% of residents
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: 88% of Longwick · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Pakistani (1.5%). For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Longwick has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than just over two thirds of UK towns, at 53%. On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Longwick sits above 84% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (54%)
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
Nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Longwick, 43% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.2% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Longwick, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwick | 1,528 | — | 42.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 1.5 mi | 49 | 28% | 24% |
| Chinnor | 7,268 | 3.3 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Haddenham | 5,603 | 3.8 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 30% |
| Stone | 2,081 | 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 4.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Thame | 12,952 | 4.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Longwick’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 Longwick’s residents
What is the population of Longwick?
The 2021 Census counted 1,528 people in Longwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longwick?
The median age was 42.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longwick?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longwick?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.8% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Longwick good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longwick’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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