Photo: Dorothea Witter-Rieder · CC BY-SA 3.0Households without a car or van make up 9% in Wing, less than in 87% of UK towns
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 5.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Wing. The town is home to 2,979 residents in 1,243 households, by the 2021 Census. Locally, 43% of residents said they have no religion. Fewer one-person households than in 71% of UK towns: 27%.
Slower growth than 55% of UK towns: Wing changed by +6% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Wing’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,700 people in 2011; 2,900 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+36%) and the 30 to 44 least (−5%). In one year, mid-2017 to mid-2018, the population rose by 110, the most of any year.
Half of Wing is over 46.2, older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Wing, 10%. More residents aged 65 and over than in 54% of UK towns: 22%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wing, 46.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 71% 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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 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.
Larger households than 66% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
At 29%, households with dependent children sit close to the figure across England’s towns. On shared households of unrelated adults, Wing sits lower than 54% of UK towns: 2.3%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 73% of UK towns, at 38%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Wing has 22%. 5.6% of households live in a flat, less than in 80% of UK towns; 38% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
7.1% born outside the UK, more than in 57% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 98% here, more than in 57% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 7.9% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns.
48% describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 64% 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: 91% of Wing · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents are Muslim. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Lower than in 57% of UK towns: 91% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 65% of UK towns: 30%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 46. 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 58% of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. At 8.4%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
34% 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 34% of adults in Wing (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
222nd youngest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Wing in age: Willand (46.1), Brynamman (46.1), Lambourn (46.2) and Shalford (46.2).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Wing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing | 2,979 | — | 46.2 | 22% | 29% |
| Wingrave | 1,498 | 2.5 mi | 49 | 25% | 29% |
| Leighton Buzzard | 42,736 | 2.9 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 32% |
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 2.9 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 31% |
| Stoke Hammond | 1,155 | 4 mi | 48.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Heath and Reach | 1,451 | 4.2 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 26% |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 4.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 5.6 mi | 52 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Wing’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Wing’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,979 people in 2021, against 2,979 in the built-up area.
- 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 Wing’s residents
What is the population of Wing?
The 2021 Census counted 2,979 people in Wing’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 2,900 people in mid-2024, 6% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Wing?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 63% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wing?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wing?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Wing good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wing’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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