Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns: 22%
Here 8% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Wingrave had 1,498 residents and 622 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49. Census figures put households in flats at 3.1% here. On adults who have never married, Wingrave sits lower than 85% of UK towns: 27%.
Older than 80% of UK towns: half of Wingrave is over 49
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (25%), Wingrave is above 74% of UK towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents.
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.
A larger share of full-time students than 82% of UK towns: 5.9%
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%.
43% of Wingrave’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 80% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.7%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. At 29%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in 65% of UK towns.
39% of households live in a detached house, more than in 73% of UK towns
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
Households in terraced houses: 22% here and 24% across England’s towns. 3.1% of households live in a flat, less than in 93% of UK towns; 39% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 60% of UK towns, at 98%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (1.1%). The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.4% in Wingrave and 18% across England’s towns.
Above 72% of UK towns: 53% 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
White British, not charted: 92% of Wingrave · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Arab (0.3%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. On residents with no religion, Wingrave sits lower than 64% of UK towns: 39%. By contrast, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 92%, against 73% across England’s towns.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
9.9% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 50 residents. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Wingrave
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingrave | 1,498 | — | 49 | 25% | 29% |
| Wing | 2,979 | 2.5 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 29% |
| Bierton | 1,251 | 3.1 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 3.2 mi | 29.9 | 2.8% | 58% |
| Cheddington | 1,770 | 3.4 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 4.5 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Aylesbury | 87,966 | 4.7 mi | 36.4 | 12% | 35% |
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 4.7 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 31% |
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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 Wingrave’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 Wingrave’s residents
What is the population of Wingrave?
The 2021 Census counted 1,498 people in Wingrave’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wingrave?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wingrave?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wingrave?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wingrave good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wingrave’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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