Photo: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.8: Bucknell is older than 97% of UK towns
6.6% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 740 residents and 345 households in Bucknell. On the census count, 8% of households live in a terraced house. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Bucknell comes in at 9.1%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 81% of UK towns: 7.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
Full-time students make up 4.5% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 18%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Shropshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Bucknell, 2.1. One-person households are more common here than in 68% of UK towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
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 detached houses: 63%, above 97% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
In Bucknell, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (2.4%) and in EU countries (1.5%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 97% of UK towns: 97%
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 Bucknell · Shropshire’s towns 88% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
34% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Higher than in 89% of UK towns: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Bucknell, less than in 72% 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
19 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. More married adults and civil partners than in 69% of UK towns: 51%. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Bucknell sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9%, about the same as across England’s towns.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bucknell’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as 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 | 740 | — | 55.8 | 32% | 18% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 4.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 19% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 6.6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 7.3 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Bishop's Castle | 1,847 | 9.3 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 20% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 10.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 11.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Shropshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Shropshire (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 740 people in Bucknell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bucknell?
The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bucknell?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 88% across Shropshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bucknell?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bucknell good for families?
18% 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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