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43.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A family village: 34% of households have dependent children

Households without a car or van make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. Waddesdon counted 1,859 residents and 759 households at the 2021 Census. The share of unpaid carers stands at 6.8%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Waddesdon sits lower than nearly two thirds of UK towns: 89%.

17%aged 65 or over 7.4%born abroad 759households

Ages

Waddesdon is younger than 61% of UK towns: a median age of 43.1

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

WaddesdonEngland’s towns

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

The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. Waddesdon has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 84% of UK towns, at 17%. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1520%

15 to 249.8%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6431%

65 and over17%

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Waddesdon

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

5.8% of adults are full-time students, more than in 80% of UK towns

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 students5.8%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical7.5%

Semi-routine9.9%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.3%

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Waddesdon

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

194

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Waddesdon, 38% and 21%. 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 80% of UK towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Larger households than 81% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average

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

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 34%Couples and families, no young children 35%Shared houses and other 2.9%

Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns

Waddesdon

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people31%

3 people18%

4 people15%

5 or more7%

England’s towns.

Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone here. Here, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

23% of households live in a detached house, below 66% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Waddesdon

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One38%

Two35%

Three or more16%

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 24% across England’s towns, 25% of households live in a terraced house in Waddesdon. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns. The census found that one in ten households live in a flat or apartment locally.

Where people were born

Waddesdon: 7.4% of residents born outside the UK

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%

Waddesdon

7.4%

Buckinghamshire’s towns

20%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

WaddesdonEngland’s towns

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

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.7%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) or in Africa (1.8%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 60% of UK towns: 98%. Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 14%.

Ethnicity & religion

Above 64% of UK towns: 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian

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

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.1%

Asian3.5%

Mixed1.6%

Black1.4%

Other0.1%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 89% of Waddesdon · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion38%

Christian52%

Muslim1.6%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer7%

0%30%60%

The share of residents with no religion trails 67% of UK towns: 38%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Muslims make up 1.6% of residents.

Relationships & caring

In Waddesdon, 32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 54% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership32%

Married or civil partnership48%

Separated2.9%

Divorced11%

Widowed6.8%

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

120residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 6.8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.5%

20 to 49 hours1.1%

50 hours or more2.1%

Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 38. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: 34% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship7.1%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level34%

WaddesdonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of Waddesdon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Waddesdon are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

QuaintonStoneAylesburyHaddenhamCalvertBiertonLong CrendonWaddesdon

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Waddesdon	1,859	—	43.1	17%	34%
Quainton	1,311	1.9 mi	49.9	24%	27%
Stone	2,081	3.8 mi	47.1	22%	31%
Aylesbury	87,966	4.9 mi	36.4	12%	35%
Haddenham	5,603	5.1 mi	44.5	24%	30%
Calvert	1,434	5.7 mi	39.4	11%	46%
Bierton	1,251	5.9 mi	48.6	25%	25%
Long Crendon	2,495	5.9 mi	46.9	24%	30%

More about Waddesdon’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health A⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute B⁺Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living B⁻Owners 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

The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
“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 Waddesdon’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 Waddesdon’s residents

What is the population of Waddesdon?

The 2021 Census counted 1,859 people in Waddesdon’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Waddesdon?

The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Waddesdon?

89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Waddesdon?

38% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.

Is Waddesdon good for families?

34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Waddesdon’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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