Photo: David Hillas · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children: 38%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 22% in Maple Cross. The share of households in flats stands at 19%. At 10%, the share of households in detached houses is lower than in 94% of UK towns. There were 993 households in the town at the 2021 Census, home to 2,580 residents.
What the Census says about Maple Cross’s people
A town of families
38% of Maple Cross’s 993 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Maple Cross’s residents are under 37.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.2% are 15 to 24 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Maple Cross is under 37.7, younger than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
13% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. At 9.2%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 69% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Maple Cross, 37.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 88% of UK towns, at 6.8%
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 take in 34% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 5.1% 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.
Bigger households than 95% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hertfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Maple Cross ranks below 73% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 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
The share of households in terraced houses tops 63% of UK towns: 23%. One household in 9 has no car or van.
Maple Cross: 14% of residents born outside the UK
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.6%). On residents whose main language is English, Maple Cross sits lower than 79% of UK towns: 95%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for 6% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns.
Maple Cross sits below 87% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (77%)
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: 77% of Maple Cross · Hertfordshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8%), Indian (4.4%) and Mixed or multiple (4.2%). On residents with no religion, Maple Cross sits lower than just over two thirds of UK towns: 38%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
More adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns: 39%
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
With married adults and civil partners at 45%, Maple Cross is behind 68% of UK towns on that count. 59 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
30% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of Maple Cross’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification (18%).
219 UK towns of 2,500 to 3,000 people: this is the 18th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest St Mary's Bay (60.8). Nearest to Maple Cross in age: Cranwell (37.2), Darenth (37.6), Halling (37.8) and Catterick (37.9).
Every nearby town is older than Maple Cross
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | — | 37.7 | 13% | 38% |
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | 2.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 32% |
| Chorleywood | 12,632 | 2.2 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 35% |
| Rickmansworth | 26,290 | 2.6 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Chalfont St Giles | 4,707 | 2.6 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 32% |
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 3.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 34% |
| Little Chalfont | 6,506 | 3.8 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 38% |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 3.8 mi | 46 | 22% | 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.
- “Hertfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hertfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Maple Cross’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 Maple Cross’s residents
What is the population of Maple Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 2,580 people in Maple Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Maple Cross?
The median age was 37.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 90% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Maple Cross?
77% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across Hertfordshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Maple Cross?
38% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.9% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Maple Cross good for families?
38% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Maple Cross’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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