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47.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A larger share of households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 51%

In Stone, nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. Still, the village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 86% of UK towns, at 56%. At the 2021 Census Stone was home to 2,081 people in 841 households. Married adults and civil partners account for 57%.

22%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 841households

Ages

A median age of 47.1: Stone is older than 69% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

StoneEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 249%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6430%

65 and over22%

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Stone

England

WomenMen

About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Above 55% of UK towns: 4.9% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students4.9%

Higher managerial and professional20%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical4.1%

Semi-routine8.2%

Routine6.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.2%

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Stone

9.2%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

181

residents, 8.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

In Stone, 47% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.7%.

Households

Bigger households than 80% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 13%Families with dependent children 31%Couples and families, no young children 42%Shared houses and other 2.7%

Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns

Stone

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people37%

3 people16%

4 people17%

5 or more4.4%

England’s towns.

By its share of households with dependent children (31%), Stone is above 79% of UK towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 68% of UK towns: 2.7%.

Homes & cars

Households in terraced houses make up 11% in Stone, less than in 87% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Stone

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.1%

One32%

Two43%

Three or more16%

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Stone comes in at 11%. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Here, 9.1% of households have no car or van.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK: 10%, a higher share than 76% 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%

Stone

10%

Buckinghamshire’s towns

20%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

StoneEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language97%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.9%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 9.6% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 97% of the total.

Ethnicity & religion

A smaller share of residents with no religion than 87% of UK towns: 33%

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

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.9%

Asian4.3%

Mixed3.6%

Black1.8%

Other1.2%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 84% of Stone · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian56%

Muslim1.7%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist2.6%

Other religion0.7%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%35%70%

Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (3.6%) and Indian (2.4%). Lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 84% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

Stone sits below 91% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership26%

Married or civil partnership57%

Separated2%

Divorced8.6%

Widowed7.3%

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

152residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.7%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours1.1%

50 hours or more2.4%

7.7% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 40% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship4.7%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level40%

StoneBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

40% of Stone’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).

Neighbours

Stone 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.

AylesburyHaddenhamStoke MandevilleWaddesdonBiertonBroughtonLongwickStone

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Stone	2,081	—	47.1	22%	31%
Aylesbury	87,966	2.5 mi	36.4	12%	35%
Haddenham	5,603	3.2 mi	44.5	24%	30%
Stoke Mandeville	2,855	3.6 mi	46.8	24%	31%
Waddesdon	1,859	3.8 mi	43.1	17%	34%
Bierton	1,251	4 mi	48.6	25%	25%
Broughton	2,168	4.2 mi	29.9	2.8%	58%
Longwick	1,528	4.6 mi	42.4	22%	31%

More about Stone’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health ALife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute AIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living COwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Stone’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 Stone’s residents

What is the population of Stone?

The 2021 Census counted 2,081 people in Stone’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Stone?

The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Stone?

84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Stone?

33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Stone good for families?

31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stone’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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