Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households make up 21% in Stoke Mandeville, less than in 96% of UK towns
11% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Stoke Mandeville has fewer households without a car or van than 93% of UK towns, at 7.5%. Census day 2021: 2,855 residents and 1,077 households in the town. The census found that 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership locally.
Only 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Stoke Mandeville
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.2% of residents. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age in Stoke Mandeville is 46.8, higher than in two thirds of UK towns. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Stoke Mandeville, 46.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Stoke Mandeville sits below 62% of UK towns for full-time students (4.6%)
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 just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Stoke Mandeville has 10%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 92% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
With households with dependent children at 31%, Stoke Mandeville is ahead of 78% of UK towns on that count. The census found that 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
Above 93% of UK towns: 54% 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
Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment; in Stoke Mandeville, 9.1%. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 78% 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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 14% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. On the census count, 97% of residents have English as their main language.
82% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 83% 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: 82% of Stoke Mandeville · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 80% of UK towns: 28%
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 74 residents. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.3%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Stoke Mandeville, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
255th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
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 West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Stoke Mandeville in age: Neyland (46.7), Tutbury (46.8), Perranporth (46.8) and Pen-pedair-heol (46.9).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Stoke Mandeville
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | — | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 1.3 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Aylesbury | 87,966 | 2.3 mi | 36.4 | 12% | 35% |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 2.5 mi | 29.9 | 2.8% | 58% |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 2.7 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Bierton | 1,251 | 2.9 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 3 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Stone | 2,081 | 3.6 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 31% |
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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 Stoke Mandeville’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 Stoke Mandeville’s residents
What is the population of Stoke Mandeville?
The 2021 Census counted 2,855 people in Stoke Mandeville’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke Mandeville?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 67% of UK towns. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke Mandeville?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke Mandeville?
35% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke Mandeville good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke Mandeville’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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