Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 42 min4:43 am – 9:25 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 47 min8:07 am – 3:54 pm
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People12,461 residentsin the Stoke Mandeville & Aston Clinton census areaMedian age 44.24,911 households79% of homes owner-occupied40% owned outright11% social rented, 9% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.4% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 6,166 in work, 25% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, retail and wholesale 12%, education 10%Getting to work: 45% work from home, 49% go by car, 2% take public transport, 3% walk or cycle46% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages41% of adults hold a degree or higher12% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 97%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C699 mm of rain a year, 19 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November47 days of air frost, 16 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesWhitehouses Pocket Parkpark · under a mileThe Wallace Parkpark · under a mile · 7 haTring Parkpark · 1.7 mi · 91 haChiltern Forest Golf Clubgolf course · 1.1 mi · 55 haGreen Park Activity Centresports ground · 1.1 mi · 19 haMiswell Lane Recreation Groundplaying field · 1.1 mi · 4 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes32 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19705 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 3.0 on 22 Sep 20208 mi away, Leighton Buzzard, BedsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202516 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 6.0 · PM2.5 6.9 · PM10 12 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband96% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)6,043 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation107 m351 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 96 to 164 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalStoke Mandeville Hospital4.6 miGP surgeryAston Clinton Surgery4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyJardines Pharmacy4 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistAston Clinton Dental Clinicunder a mileSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi8 schools6 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentPrimaryGoldfield Infants' and Nursery Schoolages 3-7, 222 pupils1.3 miPrimaryAston Clinton Schoolages 4-11, 402 pupils1.3 miSecondaryTring Schoolages 11-18, 1,599 pupils1.7 miCollegeBuckinghamshire College Group5.5 miUniversityBuckinghamshire New University12.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportLondon Luton Airport LTN15 miRailway stationTring3.1 miBus stationAylesbury Bus Stn5.1 miFerryKew Pier28 miBus stops21 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the HP22 postcode district.
