Photo: David Pashley · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher White British share than 95% of UK towns: 97% of residents
In Buxton, 43% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The village had 976 residents and 425 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.6. Census figures put households in flats at 3.6% locally. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns.
Buxton is older than 83% of UK towns: a median age of 49.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23% here and 18% across England’s towns. On top of that, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 79% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 79% 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%.
In Buxton, 32% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 5.1% of adults are full-time students here. For comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier 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 88% of UK towns, at 24%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Norfolk’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.1% in Buxton and 4.3% across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
In Buxton, 8.9% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 88% 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
Terraced houses are home to 17% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. What’s more, every 11th household or so has no car or van.
Buxton sits above 95% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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 (1.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 82% of UK towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 82% of UK towns: 46%
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: 97% of Buxton · Norfolk’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (1.1%), Other White (0.9%) and Indian (0.3%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Buxton has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 68% of UK towns, at 47%.
Buxton: 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 66% 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
22 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On adults who have never married, Buxton sits lower than 58% of UK towns: 31%. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.8%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Buxton counts 26% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Buxton sits below 4 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buxton | 976 | — | 49.6 | 23% | 23% |
| Badersfield | 1,490 | 1.7 mi | 37.9 | 12% | 40% |
| Hevingham | 1,039 | 2 mi | 43.8 | 18% | 33% |
| Coltishall and Horstead | 2,255 | 3 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 23% |
| Aylsham | 7,183 | 3.4 mi | 49.9 | 31% | 25% |
| Horsford | 4,396 | 4.5 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 34% |
| Horsham St Faith | 1,051 | 4.5 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 24% |
| Spixworth | 3,418 | 4.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 23% |
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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.
- “Norfolk’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Norfolk (or England), summed the same way as Buxton’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 Buxton’s residents
What is the population of Buxton?
The 2021 Census counted 976 people in Buxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Buxton?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Buxton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Norfolk’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Buxton?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Buxton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Buxton’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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