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54.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Buckland is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.3

Here 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.8% of the total. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61% here, more than in 95% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Buckland was home to 542 people in 246 households.

32%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 246households

Ages

Buckland ranks above 94% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 32%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BucklandEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. For Buckland, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.9%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 248.9%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6430%

65 and over32%

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Buckland

England

WomenMen

About 92 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.

Students & newcomers

Below 99% of UK towns: 3% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students3%

Higher managerial and professional20%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical2.2%

Semi-routine8.2%

Routine4.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.9%

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Buckland

8.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 8.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Buckland has 46% and 12%. On residents who moved in within the year, Buckland sits higher than just over half of UK towns: 8.7%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A smaller share of households with dependent children than 79% of UK towns: 24%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 7.3%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 0.8%

Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns

Buckland

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person26%

2 people44%

3 people15%

4 people11%

5 or more4.1%

England’s towns.

The share of one-person households trails 75% of UK towns: 27%. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.2 people in the average household.

Homes & cars

Fewer car-free households than 87% of UK towns: 9%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Buckland

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9%

One35%

Two35%

Three or more21%

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

13% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Households in flats account for 19%. Every 11th household or so has no car or van.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Buckland, 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%

Buckland

10%

Surrey’s towns

18%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.2%) and in Africa (2.9%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 10%, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A lower share of residents with no religion than 88% of UK towns, at 33%

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

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6.3%

Asian0.9%

Mixed3.1%

Black0.4%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 89% of Buckland · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian61%

Muslim0.2%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.6%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer5.7%

0%35%70%

After White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.3%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Chinese (0.7%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in two thirds of UK towns: 89%.

Relationships & caring

Buckland ranks above 98% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 60%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership19%

Married or civil partnership60%

Separated1.7%

Divorced13%

Widowed6.3%

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

43residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.5%

20 to 49 hours1.3%

50 hours or more1.3%

Unpaid carers make up 8.2%, close to the figure across England’s towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 7 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 45% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship5.5%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level45%

BucklandSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 45% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Of the 7 towns nearest Buckland, 1 are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Box HillBrockhamLower KingswoodReigateDorkingKingswoodRedhillBuckland

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Buckland	542	—	54.3	32%	24%
Box Hill	1,271	1.5 mi	65.2	50%	6.6%
Brockham	2,206	1.6 mi	50.3	27%	27%
Lower Kingswood	2,029	2.5 mi	46.8	23%	29%
Reigate	23,774	2.5 mi	41.8	18%	35%
Dorking	17,463	3.5 mi	44.9	21%	27%
Kingswood	3,757	3.7 mi	50.1	25%	28%
Redhill	32,516	3.7 mi	38	14%	33%

More about Buckland’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Surrey’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Surrey (or England), summed the same way as Buckland’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 Buckland’s residents

What is the population of Buckland?

The 2021 Census counted 542 people in Buckland’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Buckland?

The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Buckland?

89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Buckland?

33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.

Is Buckland good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Buckland’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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