Photo: Paweł 'pbm' Szubert · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 99% of UK towns: 3% of households have no car or van
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 5.3% in Slapton. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.5%, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. The village had 308 residents in 137 households at the 2021 Census. Households in flats account for 7.4%.
A median age of 46.1: Slapton is older than 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). In Slapton, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 5.5% of adults study full-time
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Slapton comes in at 9.7%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 67% of UK towns, at 26%
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 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Slapton has 28%. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
More households in terraced houses than 61% of UK towns: 23%
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
Nothing unusual on households in detached houses: 21%, close to the figure across England’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 88% of UK towns, at 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK is 6.2%, against 18% across England’s towns.
Slapton: 43% of residents said they have no religion, above 63% 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: 90% of Slapton · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Slapton has 48%. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 90% locally.
Slapton ranks below 75% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 4 residents. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. The figure for married adults and civil partners is 48% in Slapton and 44% across England’s towns.
34% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Slapton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Slapton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slapton | 308 | — | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 2.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Eaton Bray and Edlesborough | 4,201 | 2.6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Leighton Buzzard | 42,736 | 2.9 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 32% |
| Pitstone | 4,109 | 3 mi | 42.9 | 18% | 37% |
| Totternhoe | 1,017 | 3.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 19% |
| Wing | 2,979 | 3.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 29% |
| Wingrave | 1,498 | 4.2 mi | 49 | 25% | 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 Slapton’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 Slapton’s residents
What is the population of Slapton?
The 2021 Census counted 308 people in Slapton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Slapton?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Slapton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Slapton?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Slapton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Slapton’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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