page_title: Borough of Milton Keynes
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Borough of Milton Keynes / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Population trend for the Borough and Urban Area of Milton Keynes
context_page_description: The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region. It was originally one of five non-metropolitan districts of Buckinghamshire, but on 1 April 1997, under a recommendation of the Local Government Commission for England, it became a self-governing non-metropolitan county, independent from Buckinghamshire County Council.
  The Borough abuts Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the remainder of the Buckinghamshire that is under the control of Buckinghamshire Council. The principal settlement in the borough is Milton Keynes itself, which accounts for about 29% of its area and 90% of its population.
context_section_description: The ONS estimate of the population of the Borough in 2015 was 261,750 The ONS projected that the population of the borough would be about 308,500 by 2026.
  In the 2011 census, 80% of the population described their ethnic origin as white, 5.6% as South Asian, 6.8% as black, 3.3% as mixed race, 3.6% as Chinese and other Asian, and 0.6% as 'other ethnic group.
  In the same census, 52.8% of the Borough's population registered their religion as Christian and 37.9% as not religious or none given. 4.8% of the population follow Islam and a little over 2.8% are Hindu, with no other religion above one percent.
  The borough's population age profile is slightly younger than England's average, with half of the borough's population aged under 35 years old.  The 30- to 39-year-olds in Milton Keynes Borough formed as the largest 10-year age group of the population with 30- to 34-year-olds being the largest 5-year age group, 22.3% are aged under 16 and just 11.1% are aged over 65 compared.
  Levels of educational attainment in the Borough are slightly higher than the England average. 18% have no qualifications compared with 22.5% in England, while 28.2% have a degree or higher qualification compared with 27.4% in England.
caption: Population trend of Borough and Urban Area 1801–2011
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