Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.1: Speen is older than 92% of UK towns
Households in flats make up 0.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 2.5% in Speen. At 63%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 97% of UK towns. There were 244 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 598 residents.
29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up nearly one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 65% of UK towns, at 4.5%
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%.
56% of Speen’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 10% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 11% here.
Speen sits below 96% of UK towns for one-person households (21%)
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.
The typical household size is 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. Here, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. 28% of households have dependent children, more than in 60% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 76% of households live in a detached house
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 5.4% of households live in a terraced house in Speen. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 86% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%) and in EU countries (2%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Speen has 6.4%.
Speen ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 31%
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 Speen · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.2%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 94%, more than in 67% of UK towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 69% in Speen, more than in 99% 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
On unpaid carers, 8.4% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 18% of the total. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Speen counts 54% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Speen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speen | 598 | — | 52.1 | 29% | 28% |
| Lacey Green and Loosley Row | 1,135 | 1.2 mi | 51.2 | 24% | 24% |
| Walter's Ash and Naphill | 3,893 | 1.5 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 33% |
| Hughenden Valley | 1,814 | 2.2 mi | 51.6 | 28% | 28% |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 2.4 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Great Kingshill | 1,669 | 2.7 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Princes Risborough | 7,528 | 3 mi | 49 | 28% | 24% |
| Downley | 2,655 | 3.2 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 36% |
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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 Speen’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 Speen’s residents
What is the population of Speen?
The 2021 Census counted 598 people in Speen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Speen?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Speen?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Speen?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Speen good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Speen’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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