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Burnham ward, Buckinghamshire

Burnham is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 15,661 residents in 6,433 households — 429 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Beaconsfield constituency.

Residents, 202115,661council ward average 11,288
Households6,4332.43 residents per household
Density429/ km²about 36.51 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+20.9%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 18.1%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 824
5–95.8% · 908
10–157.0% · 1,098
16–193.6% · 562
20–244.3% · 676
25–3411.5% · 1,796
35–4920.4% · 3,190
50–6421.2% · 3,327
65–7410.3% · 1,616
75–847.3% · 1,147
85+3.3% · 516

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.4% · 669
1 car or van39.5% · 2,540
2 cars or vans34.8% · 2,240
3 or more15.3% · 982
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.

Owned outright36.1% · 2,322
With mortgage32.5% · 2,090
Shared ownership1.0% · 63
Social rented14.4% · 926
Private rented16.0% · 1,027
Lives rent free0.1% · 5

Type of home

Detached house30.5% · 1,961
Semi-detached house28.8% · 1,850
Terraced house16.1% · 1,036
Purpose-built flat19.9% · 1,277
Converted house2.5% · 159
Other conversion0.7% · 44
Above shop / office0.7% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 57
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 9 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.