Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0Taplow ranks above 98% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 49%
Households with dependent children: 21%, below 92% of UK towns. Meanwhile, half of Taplow’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 81% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Taplow was home to 249 people in 114 households. Here, nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%, a lower share than 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Taplow sits below 97% of UK towns for full-time students (3.3%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Taplow, 9.3%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of one-person households than 72% of UK towns: 27%
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Taplow, 5.3%. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.2 people.
Fewer households without a car or van than 84% of UK towns: 9.6%
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
Households in flats: 14% here and 23% across England’s towns. About one household in 10 lives without a car or van. At 18%, the share of households in detached houses is lower than in 79% of UK towns.
15% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 85% 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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (95%), Taplow is below 79% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (6.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (3.2%).
Below 94% of UK towns: 30% of residents said they have no religion
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: 83% of Taplow · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 83%, against 73% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (11%), Indian (4%) and Mixed or multiple (0.8%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 5.8%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Taplow has 27%. At the same time, on married adults and civil partners, Taplow sits higher than 80% of UK towns: 53%. For comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 1 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 43% of its adults qualified to degree level, Taplow compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Taplow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taplow | 249 | — | 49.2 | 23% | 21% |
| Maidenhead | 67,391 | 2.1 mi | 40.8 | 17% | 33% |
| Cookham | 5,216 | 2.4 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Bourne End | 7,166 | 3.3 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 27% |
| Eton Wick | 2,121 | 3.3 mi | 45.1 | 19% | 28% |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 3.6 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 32% |
| Slough | 166,868 | 3.9 mi | 35.3 | 10% | 43% |
| Eton | 2,461 | 4.5 mi | 18.6 | 6.7% | 18% |
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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 Taplow’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 Taplow’s residents
What is the population of Taplow?
The 2021 Census counted 249 people in Taplow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Taplow?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Taplow?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Taplow?
30% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Taplow good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Taplow’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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