Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.4: North Crawley is older than 94% of UK towns
Flats are home to 2.5% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. There were 327 households in North Crawley at the 2021 Census, home to 723 residents. For North Crawley, the census puts adults who have never married at 24%. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 96% of UK towns.
North Crawley sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 9.5% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 65 and over, North Crawley sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 31%. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
In North Crawley, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of North Crawley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 13%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 10% of the total.
North Crawley sits below 88% of UK towns for households with dependent children (22%)
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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone here. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.8%
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
The share of households in terraced houses trails 73% of UK towns: 15%. Measured more widely, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Above 74% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (1.4%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. 5.7% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%).
Above 76% of UK towns: 54% 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
White British, not charted: 93% of North Crawley · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in North Crawley and 73% across England’s towns. The census found that 38% of residents said they have no religion locally. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
17 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
36% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
36% of North Crawley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as North Crawley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Crawley | 723 | — | 53.4 | 31% | 22% |
| Cranfield | 7,053 | 2.4 mi | 33.1 | 13% | 34% |
| Newport Pagnell | 15,250 | 3.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 30% |
| Marston Moretaine | 6,350 | 4.8 mi | 35.5 | 12% | 41% |
| Olney | 6,600 | 4.9 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 28% |
| Wootton | 7,567 | 5.3 mi | 36.6 | 15% | 39% |
| Lidlington | 1,300 | 5.4 mi | 42.1 | 16% | 37% |
| Woburn Sands | 4,315 | 5.4 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 29% |
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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 North Crawley’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 North Crawley’s residents
What is the population of North Crawley?
The 2021 Census counted 723 people in North Crawley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in North Crawley?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Crawley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Crawley?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is North Crawley good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Crawley’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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