Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.028% of residents are 65 or over, a share 85% of UK towns don’t reach
Here 24% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. The 2021 Census counted 7,528 residents in 3,390 households. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households live in a flat or apartment. Princes Risborough has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns, at 88%.
What the Census says about Princes Risborough’s people
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 85% of UK towns; 22% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 80% of UK towns: half of Princes Risborough is over 49
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Princes Risborough. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.1% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Princes Risborough, 49. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer full-time students than 76% of UK towns: 4.2%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 9.6% in Princes Risborough. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Princes Risborough sits above 79% of UK towns for one-person households (34%)
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.
Households in Princes Risborough hold 2.2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 54% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses: 13%, a lower share than 81% 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
In Princes Risborough, 17% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The town has fewer households in detached houses than 55% of UK towns, at 27%.
9.6% born outside the UK, more than in 72% of UK towns
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 97%, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Of residents born abroad, 15% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Princes Risborough sits above 66% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (52%)
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: 88% of Princes Risborough · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 38% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (2.5%) and Pakistani (0.9%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 75% of UK towns: 29%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 197 people. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 49% here, more than in 60% of UK towns. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.4%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 120th oldest of 538 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Red Lodge is the youngest (30.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Princes Risborough in age: Rowlands Gill (49), Frodsham (49), Banstead (49.1) and Cheddar (49.1).
Princes Risborough is younger than 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | — | 49 | 28% | 24% |
| Longwick | 1,528 | 1.5 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 2.2 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Chinnor | 7,268 | 3.9 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Walter's Ash and Naphill | 3,893 | 4.2 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 4.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 4.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 5.1 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
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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 Princes Risborough’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 Princes Risborough’s residents
What is the population of Princes Risborough?
The 2021 Census counted 7,528 people in Princes Risborough’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Princes Risborough?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census, older than 80% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Princes Risborough?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Princes Risborough?
38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Princes Risborough good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Princes Risborough’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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