Photo: Mr Biz · CC BY-SA 2.037% of households have dependent children, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
By its share of households without a car or van (3.5%), Whaddon is below 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 520 residents here, living in 202 households. Census figures put households in flats at 2.5% locally. The village has more married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 60%.
In Whaddon, 9% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Whaddon’s residents are under 43, younger than in 62% of UK towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 18% here. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 66% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 10%, against 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 20%
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.
In Whaddon, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Each household has 2.6 people on average. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 89% of UK towns, at 49%
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 terraced houses trails 86% of UK towns: 11%. By way of comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Whaddon: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 88% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). At 7.9%, the share of residents born outside the UK is higher than in 63% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
88% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 70% 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: 88% of Whaddon · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Indian (3.3%), Other White (2.9%) and Mixed or multiple (1.9%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 67% of UK towns: 52%. 39% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
Whaddon ranks below 96% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 24%
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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 11. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 86% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 47% of Whaddon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9% have no qualification (18%).
Whaddon is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whaddon | 520 | — | 43 | 18% | 37% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 2.7 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 3 mi | 52 | 29% | 25% |
| Bletchley | 45,018 | 3.6 mi | 37.2 | 16% | 34% |
| Milton Keynes | 197,328 | 3.8 mi | 36.7 | 12% | 36% |
| Winslow | 5,238 | 4.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Deanshanger | 4,128 | 4.6 mi | 41.4 | 17% | 35% |
| Old Stratford | 2,427 | 4.7 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 34% |
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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 Whaddon’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 Whaddon’s residents
What is the population of Whaddon?
The 2021 Census counted 520 people in Whaddon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whaddon?
The median age was 43 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whaddon?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whaddon?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Whaddon good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whaddon’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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