Church of St Peter · Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 3.6%
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 17% of households are one person living alone here. On the census count, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Bucknell has fewer households in flats than 97% of UK towns, at 1.8%. The 2021 Census counted 283 residents in 109 households.
In Bucknell, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
22% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. The median age in Bucknell is 46.4, higher than in 64% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 3.9%
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%.
By class, 44% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. Here, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
Larger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Oxfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Nearly a third of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 89% of UK towns: 3.7%.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 89% of UK towns: 9.9%
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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 42% of households live in a detached house here. Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house.
In Bucknell, 10% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 75% 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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Bucknell. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.9%) and in EU countries (3.2%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 64% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Bucknell · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (6.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Arab (0.4%). By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Set against 37% across England’s towns, 40% of residents said they have no religion in Bucknell.
Adults who have never married make up 27% in Bucknell, less than in 86% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 8 people. On unpaid carers, Bucknell sits higher than 91% of UK towns: 11%. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 43% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bucknell’s adults: 43% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Bucknell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell | 283 | — | 46.4 | 22% | 32% |
| Bicester | 37,748 | 2.1 mi | 37.8 | 13% | 32% |
| Chesterton | 1,179 | 2.7 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Upper Heyford | 2,481 | 2.8 mi | 34.2 | 7.9% | 43% |
| Launton | 1,374 | 3.5 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 28% |
| Ambrosden | 2,736 | 4.6 mi | 33.6 | 7.2% | 45% |
| Croughton | 1,200 | 5 mi | 30 | 14% | 30% |
| Tackley | 1,073 | 5.6 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 33% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Oxfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Oxfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Bucknell’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 Bucknell’s residents
What is the population of Bucknell?
The 2021 Census counted 283 people in Bucknell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bucknell?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bucknell?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bucknell?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bucknell good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bucknell’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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