Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 2.8% of households in Oakley have no car or van
The share of households in terraced houses is 4.3%, against 24% across England’s towns. 23% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 94% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,129 residents in Oakley, living in 462 households. Married adults and civil partners: 63% of the total.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Oakley’s residents are over 46.2, older than in 63% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
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.
Full-time students make up 4% in Oakley, less than in 85% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.1% here and 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 81% 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.
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Oakley, 30%. On top of that, on shared households of unrelated adults, Oakley sits higher than 62% of UK towns: 2.6%.
In Oakley, 2.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 95% 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
Households in detached houses: 49% here and 21% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns: 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 Africa (2%) and in EU countries (2%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 20% across Buckinghamshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns.
Oakley ranks above 81% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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: 94% of Oakley · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.9%). 37% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 75% of UK towns.
In Oakley, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 27 residents. More unpaid carers than in 71% of UK towns: 10%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 42% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Oakley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley | 1,129 | — | 46.2 | 23% | 30% |
| Upper Arncott | 1,659 | 3.5 mi | 36.4 | 11% | 33% |
| Long Crendon | 2,495 | 4 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 30% |
| Wheatley | 4,305 | 4.6 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Ambrosden | 2,736 | 5.1 mi | 33.6 | 7.2% | 45% |
| Thame | 12,952 | 5.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 29% |
| Horspath | 1,467 | 5.9 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Haddenham | 5,603 | 6.7 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 30% |
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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 Oakley’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 Oakley’s residents
What is the population of Oakley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,129 people in Oakley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oakley?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oakley?
94% 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 Oakley?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Oakley good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oakley’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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