Photo: UKgeofan · CC BY-SA 3.0Households with dependent children: 32%, a higher share than 83% of UK towns
The median age in Wendover is 40.7, lower than in 77% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Wendover was home to 8,729 people in 3,379 households. Locally, 87% of residents describe themselves as White British. The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns: 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19% here and 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wendover, 40.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 89% 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%.
Here 4.7% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.8% in Wendover, more than in 71% of UK towns
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.
For Wendover, the census puts one-person households at 30%. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 76% of UK towns: 11%
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
Here nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Every 9th household or so has no car or van.
10% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 75% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 97% in Wendover.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 65% of UK towns: 43%
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: 87% of Wendover · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47% here and 46% across England’s towns. 1.3% of residents are Muslim. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A larger share of adults who have never married than 63% of UK towns: 35%
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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 7.8%, from the figure across England’s towns. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 146 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Wendover’s adults: 42% with a degree-level qualification and 10% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
86th lowest median age among 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Wendover in age: Hoo St Werburgh (40.5), Broughton (40.6), Leatherhead (40.7) and Ushaw Moor and Bearpark (40.8).
Wendover and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendover | 8,729 | — | 40.7 | 19% | 32% |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 1.8 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 2.4 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | 2.7 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 31% |
| Tring | 11,961 | 3.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 30% |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 4.3 mi | 29.9 | 2.8% | 58% |
| South Heath | 1,278 | 4.6 mi | 48.6 | 22% | 33% |
| Prestwood and Great Missenden | 7,600 | 4.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Wendover’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 Wendover’s residents
What is the population of Wendover?
The 2021 Census counted 8,729 people in Wendover’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wendover?
The median age was 40.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 77% of UK towns. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wendover?
87% 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 Wendover?
43% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Wendover good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wendover’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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