Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0A family town: 37% of households have dependent children
7% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Pitstone had 4,109 residents and 1,621 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 42.9 (younger than 62% of UK towns). Locally, 21% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Pitstone’s people
A town of families
37% of Pitstone’s 1,621 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 96% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Pitstone at 3,700 in 2011 and 4,400 in 2024, up 20%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 86% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, Pitstone outgrew 86% of UK towns: +20%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Pitstone’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,700 people in 2011; 4,400 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+61%) and the 30 to 44 least (−9%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2011 to mid-2012, 150 people.
Half of Pitstone is under 42.9, younger than 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9%, above 54% of UK towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 18%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Pitstone, 42.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.4% in Pitstone, less than in 94% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Pitstone has 5.4%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Pitstone households average 2.5 people, larger than in 92% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Pitstone has 1.6%.
A town of detached houses: 41% of households live in one
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
Pitstone ranks above 73% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Higher than in 59% of UK towns: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK. Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Since 2017: 5.2% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 73% of UK towns, at 44%
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: 91% of Pitstone · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
91% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (1%). Lower than in 68% of UK towns: 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 94% 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
93 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Fewer adults who have never married than in 81% of UK towns: 28%. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of Pitstone’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
167th youngest of 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Pitstone in age: Rudheath (42.9), Ratby (42.9), Fenstanton (43) and Potton (43).
No nearby town is as young as Pitstone
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitstone | 4,109 | — | 42.9 | 18% | 37% |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 1.4 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Tring | 11,961 | 2.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 30% |
| Eaton Bray and Edlesborough | 4,201 | 3.6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 4.1 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Totternhoe | 1,017 | 4.7 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 19% |
| Wingrave | 1,498 | 4.7 mi | 49 | 25% | 29% |
| Wing | 2,979 | 5.6 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 Pitstone’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Pitstone’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,319 people in 2021, against 4,109 in the built-up area.
- 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 Pitstone’s residents
What is the population of Pitstone?
The 2021 Census counted 4,109 people in Pitstone’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,400 people in mid-2024, 20% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Pitstone?
The median age was 42.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 62% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pitstone?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pitstone?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pitstone good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pitstone’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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