Photo: Mr Biz · CC BY-SA 2.04.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Nash, 62%. With a median age of 49.7, Nash is older than 83% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 443 residents in the village, living in 175 households. The share of households in detached houses stands at 71%.
Only 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Nash
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Nash: 5.7% of adults are full-time students, above 78% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8.4% in Nash and 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 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.
One-person households make up 21% in Nash, less than in 97% 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.
31% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Households average 2.5 people. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 85% of UK towns: 3.4%. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Nash sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.2%)
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
7.5% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Nash sits above 75% of UK towns for 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (3.2%) and in Africa (2.3%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. More residents born outside the UK than in 62% of UK towns: 7.7%.
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 68% 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: 89% of Nash · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Indian (5%), Other White (4.1%) and Pakistani (0.5%). Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Nash, two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
Below 97% of UK towns: 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
At 8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 6.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 52% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Nash counts 52% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 7.1% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Nash
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash | 443 | — | 49.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 1.9 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 3.9 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Old Stratford | 2,427 | 4.3 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 4.4 mi | 52 | 29% | 25% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 5 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Milton Keynes | 197,328 | 5 mi | 36.7 | 12% | 36% |
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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 Nash’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 Nash’s residents
What is the population of Nash?
The 2021 Census counted 443 people in Nash’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nash?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nash?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nash?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Nash good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nash’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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