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Electoral wardE05015970
The Missendens ward, Buckinghamshire
The Missendens is one of 49 electoral wards of Buckinghamshire County Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 17,574 residents in 7,222 households — 370 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Chesham and Amersham and Mid Buckinghamshire constituencies.
Residents, 202117,574council ward average 11,288
Households7,2222.43 residents per household
Density370/ km²about 47.43 km² · Buckinghamshire 353
Aged 65+25.9%Buckinghamshire: 18.7% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 708
5–96.0% · 1,056
10–158.0% · 1,402
16–194.2% · 741
20–244.0% · 701
25–347.3% · 1,286
35–4917.9% · 3,145
50–6422.7% · 3,981
65–7412.7% · 2,236
75–849.3% · 1,636
85+3.9% · 677
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.4% · 536
1 car or van33.5% · 2,422
2 cars or vans40.3% · 2,910
3 or more18.7% · 1,352
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Buckinghamshire overall: 70.0% owned, 12.9% social rented, 15.7% private rented.
Owned outright46.4% · 3,347
With mortgage34.4% · 2,480
Shared ownership0.3% · 19
Social rented8.8% · 632
Private rented10.2% · 739
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house52.1% · 3,760
Semi-detached house21.2% · 1,529
Terraced house16.0% · 1,151
Purpose-built flat7.4% · 534
Converted house0.9% · 63
Other conversion0.5% · 35
Above shop / office0.7% · 52
Caravan, mobile1.3% · 91
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015970- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham, Mid Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 34 of 49
Parishes in the ward
Great MissendenLittle Missenden
Other wards in the same constituency
AAmersham & Chesham Bois20.6% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned18,132AAylesbury South East17.8% aged 65+ · 71.7% owned11,933BBerryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead5.6% aged 65+ · 62.5% owned14,310CChalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont20.8% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned15,170CChalfont St Peter22.7% aged 65+ · 80.3% owned13,382CChesham North18.1% aged 65+ · 66.3% owned13,543CChesham South19.1% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned14,112GGerrards Cross & Denham22.1% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned16,736GGrendon Underwood & The Claydons18.6% aged 65+ · 76.9% owned11,764HHaddenham & Stone25.3% aged 65+ · 77.0% owned10,586HHazlemere23.5% aged 65+ · 84.8% owned9,535LLong Crendon23.2% aged 65+ · 76.2% owned4,422PPenn, Tylers Green & Loudwater21.5% aged 65+ · 80.9% owned13,399PPrinces Risborough26.6% aged 65+ · 73.3% owned10,689
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.