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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003696

Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,548 residents in Buckinghamshire. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Buckinghamshire
8,548

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,817

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

802.8

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

72.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

15.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

41.1%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Salisbury Stratford, Wiltshire5,889 residents · 70.9% owned · 16.9% no carCentral Havant & Langstone, Havant10,315 residents · 70.9% owned · 18.2% no carMarple & Hawk Green, Stockport5,973 residents · 80.2% owned · 15.5% no carRomiley & Compstall, Stockport7,831 residents · 76.5% owned · 17.4% no carHonley & Brockholes, Kirklees8,221 residents · 78.1% owned · 15.4% no carKenilworth South, Warwick7,304 residents · 81.4% owned · 13.5% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Princes Risborough

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned72.5%
2,768 households
Social rented14.8%
564 households
Private rented11.8%
452 households
Shared ownership0.8%
30 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached39.9%
1,522 households
Detached31.2%
1,190 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement14.5%
553 households
Terraced11.8%
450 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.2%
45 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%
27 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.7%
25 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
3 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household39.5%
1,505 households
2 cars or vans in household32.5%
1,239 households
No cars or vans in household15.7%
597 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.4%
471 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

3 bedrooms37.5%
1,429 households
4 or more bedrooms28%
1,067 households
2 bedrooms23.2%
886 households
1 bedroom11.3%
433 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household63.8%
2,434 households
One-person household32%
1,220 households
Other household types4.2%
161 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household37%
1,414 households
1 person in household31.9%
1,219 households
3 people in household13.9%
529 households
4 people in household12.1%
462 households
5 people in household3.9%
148 households
6 people in household0.9%
33 households
7 people in household0.3%
10 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
4 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1515.1%
1,293 residents
15–2913.4%
1,147 residents
30–4416%
1,369 residents
45–6427.5%
2,353 residents
65 and over27.9%
2,387 residents
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White93.1%
7,958 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.7%
227 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%
224 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1%
87 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
55 residents
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above41.1%
2,938 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications15%
1,071 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.3%
1,023 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.3%
879 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications9.1%
654 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship6%
428 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications2.2%
160 residents aged 16 and over
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)56.2%
4,021 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive42.2%
3,017 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.6%
115 residents aged 16 and over
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.7%
1,766 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations18.8%
1,346 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.9%
924 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers12.5%
894 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations9.5%
681 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.5%
540 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.4%
387 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.4%
312 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.2%
303 residents aged 16 and over
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health47.6%
4,071 residents
Good health35%
2,990 residents
Fair health13.1%
1,121 residents
Bad health3.3%
285 residents
Very bad health0.9%
80 residents
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act81.9%
7,000 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act18.1%
1,547 residents
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension52.3%
1,995 households
Household is deprived in one dimension33.3%
1,270 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.4%
473 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2%
77 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Princes Risborough · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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