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Electoral wardE05015940
Buckingham ward, Buckinghamshire
Buckingham is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 19,081 residents in 7,620 households — 174 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Residents, 202119,081council ward average 11,288
Households7,6202.5 residents per household
Density174/ km²about 109.98 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+18.3%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 20.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 910
5–96.3% · 1,202
10–159.2% · 1,749
16–196.3% · 1,200
20–245.5% · 1,042
25–3410.6% · 2,031
35–4918.5% · 3,536
50–6420.6% · 3,931
65–7410.0% · 1,906
75–845.9% · 1,131
85+2.4% · 454
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.8% · 901
1 car or van36.8% · 2,802
2 cars or vans37.8% · 2,878
3 or more13.6% · 1,034
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright35.9% · 2,731
With mortgage32.0% · 2,438
Shared ownership2.1% · 158
Social rented12.5% · 951
Private rented17.5% · 1,332
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house39.0% · 2,970
Semi-detached house29.5% · 2,246
Terraced house20.3% · 1,545
Purpose-built flat9.3% · 706
Converted house0.6% · 42
Other conversion0.5% · 39
Above shop / office0.7% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 26
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015940- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 40 of 49
Parishes in the ward
AkeleyBiddlesdenBuckinghamFoscottLeckhampsteadLillingstone Dayrell with Luffield AbbeyLillingstone LovellMaids MoretonRadclive-cum-ChackmoreShalstoneStoweTurwestonWater StratfordWestbury
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 11 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.