Photo: Bikeboy · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 1.4%
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Mursley has 18%. In 2021, the Census found 721 residents in the village, living in 275 households. For Mursley, the census puts households in detached houses at 56%. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 59% here, more than in 96% of UK towns.
A median age of 47.5: Mursley is older than 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.1% in Mursley, less than in 83% 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%.
With full-time students at 5.6%, Mursley is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count. To put it in context, 11% of 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.
2.5 people per household, more than in 93% 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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. At 31%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 77% of UK towns.
In Mursley, 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house in Mursley. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Mursley ranks above 92% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 90% of UK towns, at 58%
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: 92% of Mursley · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
92% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Residents with no religion account for 35%.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 86% 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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Mursley. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 44% of adults in Mursley, 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification, against 18%.
Mursley is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mursley | 721 | — | 47.5 | 20% | 31% |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 2.4 mi | 52 | 29% | 25% |
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 2.5 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 31% |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 3 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Stoke Hammond | 1,155 | 4 mi | 48.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Bletchley | 45,018 | 4.1 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 34% |
| Wing | 2,979 | 5.4 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 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 Mursley’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 Mursley’s residents
What is the population of Mursley?
The 2021 Census counted 721 people in Mursley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mursley?
The median age was 47.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mursley?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mursley?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Mursley good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mursley’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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