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Demographics of Buckinghamshire

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Person
Population
555,257

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Fitness
Life expectancy
83 years

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Major ethnic
80% White

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Age structure
Population
Average age
Life expectancy
Area type
Unitary Authority
Population Density
355
Population growth
0.6%
Gender ratio
0.96 male to female
english main language
93%
birth rate
10.4
death rate
9.0
Major religion
47% Christian
Urbanisation
67%

Demographics of Buckinghamshire

The population of Buckinghamshire is 555,257 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Buckinghamshire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.6% per year. Buckinghamshire covers an area of 1,565 square kilometres (604 square miles) and has a population density of 355 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.

According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Buckinghamshire is predominantly white (80%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 20% of the population.

The median average age in Buckinghamshire in 2021 was 42.1, with over 18s representing 81.5% of the population. The sex ratio was 95.7 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.

In 2021, the urban population of Buckinghamshire was approximately 339,543 or 67%, while the rural population was around 165,740 or 33%.

The largest religious group in Buckinghamshire is Christians who account for 47% of the population.

English is spoken as the main language by 92.7% of people in Buckinghamshire, and spoken either well or very well by 6% of the population. 1.0% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.2% spoke no English at all.

Population of Buckinghamshire

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The population of Buckinghamshire is 555,257 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Buckinghamshire grew by an estimated 8,197 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .

Buckinghamshire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.6%, which is 0.4% lower than the average population growth rate in Buckinghamshire for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.9%).

Buckinghamshire covers an area of 1,565 square kilometres (604 square miles) and has a population density of 355 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.

Population
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Population Growth

Demographics by Age and Gender

According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 48.9% of Buckinghamshire's 555,257 population, while females made up 51.1% of the total.

The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 95.676 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.

Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Buckinghamshire, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 452,382.

Buckinghamshire's age structure shows the working-age population to be 347,913 which is 62.7% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 18.5% of the population, and over 65s represent 18.8% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .

Buckinghamshire age pyramid

Buckinghamshire's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.

The median average age of someone in Buckinghamshire was 42.1 years in 2019.

Of the Buckinghamshire population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.2 to 1.

Life expectancy in Buckinghamshire

The life expectancy of someone born today in Buckinghamshire is 83 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Buckinghamshire has a life expectancy of 85 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 82 years. Compare life expectancy by area.

As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.

The life expectancy for someone born in Buckinghamshire has risen by 3 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 80 years to a life expectancy of 83 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.

Age
Male
Female
Total
00-01 81.5 85.1 83.3
01-04 80.8 84.3 82.6
05-09 76.9 80.3 78.6
10-14 71.9 75.4 73.7
15-19 66.9 70.4 68.7
20-24 62.0 65.5 63.8
25-29 57.1 60.6 58.9
30-34 52.3 55.6 54.0
35-39 47.5 50.7 49.1
40-44 42.7 45.8 44.3
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Ethnicity in Buckinghamshire

According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Buckinghamshire is predominantly white (79.9%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 20.1% of the population.

Asian people were the largest minority group in Buckinghamshire accounting for 12.4% of the population.

14,269 or 3% of the Buckinghamshire population are black according to the latest 2021 census.

In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% are Black.

Population by race in Buckinghamshire, 2021 census

  • White - 442,164 people or 79.9%
  • Asian - 68,318 people or 12.4%
  • Mixed - 19,570 people or 3.5%
  • Black - 14,269 people or 2.6%
  • Other - 8,757 people or 1.6%

Personal wellbeing in Buckinghamshire

Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').

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Happiness
Life satisfaction
Life worthwhile
Cash
Average salary
£48,635

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Home
Average property price
£553,182

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Crime rate (per 1,000 people)
5,963

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Religion in Buckinghamshire

According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within Buckinghamshire is Christians, accounting for 47.2% of the population.

Buckinghamshire has a Muslim population of 38,740 which is 7.0% of the population.

Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.

Religious groups in Buckinghamshire, 2021 census

  • Christian - 260,962 people or 47.2%
  • Buddhist - 2,914 people or 0.5%
  • Hindu - 14,896 people or 2.7%
  • Jewish - 1,688 people or 0.3%
  • Muslim - 38,740 people or 7.0%
  • Sikh - 8,811 people or 1.6%
  • Other - 225,067 people or 40.7%

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics

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