Photo: Cameraman · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
The share of households without a car or van trails 97% of UK towns: 6.4%. One-person households account for 23%. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 77% of UK towns. There were 1,034 households in Steeple Claydon at the 2021 Census, home to 2,530 residents.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 74% of UK towns: 9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Steeple Claydon is below 62% of UK towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 51% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Steeple Claydon, 44.6. 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.
9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 66% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
In Steeple Claydon, 39% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.8%.
Steeple Claydon households average 2.5 people, larger than in 85% 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.
2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Households with dependent children account for 30%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 78% of UK towns, at 41%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Steeple Claydon, 26%. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Steeple Claydon 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 (3.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Of residents born abroad, 4.6% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Steeple Claydon ranks below 54% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 92%
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: 92% of Steeple Claydon · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over two in five residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.6%).
Steeple Claydon sits below 71% of UK towns for 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Steeple Claydon comes in at 7.6%. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. 45 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Steeple Claydon’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 33% have one at degree level (34%).
Ranked by age, 72nd youngest of 219 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest St Mary's Bay (60.8). Nearest to Steeple Claydon in age: Trimdon (44.5), Fordham (44.5), Halton (44.8) and Cwm (44.8).
Around Steeple Claydon, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | — | 44.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 1.9 mi | 39.4 | 11% | 46% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 4.2 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 4.3 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Quainton | 1,311 | 5.1 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 5.2 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Launton | 1,374 | 6.4 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Waddesdon | 1,859 | 6.8 mi | 43.1 | 17% | 34% |
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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 Steeple Claydon’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 Steeple Claydon’s residents
What is the population of Steeple Claydon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,530 people in Steeple Claydon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Steeple Claydon?
The median age was 44.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 51% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Steeple Claydon?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Steeple Claydon?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Steeple Claydon good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Steeple Claydon’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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