Church of St Mary · Photo: Jiffyhelper · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer car-free households than 97% of UK towns: 6.1%
Households in terraced houses make up 6%, against 24% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 56% of the total. On shared households of unrelated adults, Wavendon sits lower than 91% of UK towns: 1.5%. The village had 314 residents and 130 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 46.5.
Older than 65% of UK towns: half of Wavendon is over 46.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 23% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. In Wavendon, 9.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Wavendon: 18% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 98% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 52% of Wavendon’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 10%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. In Wavendon, 5% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Wavendon ranks below 87% of UK towns on one-person households: 25%
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households have dependent children.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns, at 61%
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
The share of households in flats is 20%, against 23% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
11% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 77% 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 (94%), Wavendon is below 81% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns.
42% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 89% 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: 85% of Wavendon · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 45% in Wavendon and 37% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 85% in the village. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Wavendon ranks below 92% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 25%
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
The share of unpaid carers trails 94% of UK towns: 7.3%. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 3 people.
45% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 45% of Wavendon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.8% have no qualification (18%).
Wavendon 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.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavendon | 314 | — | 46.5 | 23% | 28% |
| Woburn Sands | 4,315 | 1.1 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Aspley Guise | 2,114 | 1.8 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 23% |
| Bletchley | 45,018 | 3.7 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 34% |
| Milton Keynes | 197,328 | 3.8 mi | 36.7 | 12% | 36% |
| Cranfield | 7,053 | 4.2 mi | 33.1 | 13% | 34% |
| Newport Pagnell | 15,250 | 4.8 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 30% |
| Lidlington | 1,300 | 5 mi | 42.1 | 16% | 37% |
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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 Wavendon’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 Wavendon’s residents
What is the population of Wavendon?
The 2021 Census counted 314 people in Wavendon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wavendon?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wavendon?
85% 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 Wavendon?
45% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wavendon good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wavendon’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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