- The population size in the County has grown from around 505,300 people in 2011 to approximately 553,100 people in 2021. An increase of 9.5 per cent.
- In 2021, Buckinghamshire ranked fifth for total population out of 309 local authority areas in England, moving up two places in a decade.
- In England, over the same period (2011 to 2021), the population grew by nearly 3.5 million to 56,489,800, an increase of 6.6 per cent. The growth is 2.9 per cent lower than the increase in Buckinghamshire.
- Buckinghamshire’s population increase is also higher than the increase for the South East, which stands at 7.5 per cent.
- The ONS previously predicted the population in Buckinghamshire in 2021 would be 548,850. Following the release of the Census results, the revised figure stands at 553,100, an increase of 4,250 more people than expected.
- There were 6.2 per cent more 20-39-year-olds in Buckinghamshire in 2021 than previously estimated by the ONS. However, there were 3.3 per cent fewer 0-14-year-olds than previously estimated.
- Nearby areas like Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes have seen their populations increase too. Central Bedfordshire’s population has grown by around 15.7 per cent, and Milton Keynes’s population by 15.3 per cent.
