Editing Milton Keynes (section)

==Demographics==
{{hatnote|Data on the demographics of Milton Keynes are collected at borough level and are detailed at [[City of Milton Keynes#Demographics|City of Milton Keynes § Demographics]].}}
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[[File:BofMiltonKeynesUA-popn.png|thumb|Population trend of borough and urban area 1801–2021]]
At the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]], the population of the [[Milton Keynes urban area]], including the adjacent [[Newport Pagnell]] and [[Woburn Sands]], was 229,941.<ref name="BUA2011" /> The population of the borough in total was 248,800,<ref>{{NOMIS2011 |id=1946157283 |title=Borough of Milton Keynes|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> compared with a population of around 53,000 for the same area in 1961.<ref name="vision">[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10100215/cube/TOT_POP Vision of Britain: historic census populations for modern Milton Keynes UA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202711/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10100215/cube/TOT_POP |date=29 October 2013 }}. Accessed 11 October 2006.</ref> In 2016, the [[Office for National Statistics]] estimated that the Borough population will reach 300,000 by 2025.<ref name=BBC50>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38461928 |title=Milton Keynes at 50: Success town has 'nothing to be ashamed of' |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=1 January 2017 |access-date=13 February 2019 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214004739/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38461928 | url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]] records the population of the Milton Keynes Built-up Area as 264,349,<ref name="BUA2021" /> and that of the Borough (now City) as  287,060.<ref name="MKLA2021">{{NOMIS2021|id=E06000042|title=Milton Keynes Local Authority|access-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>

According to the 2011 census, the average age of the population is lower than is typical for the UK's 63 [[primary urban area]]s: 25.3% of the borough population were aged under 18 (5th place) and 13.4% were aged 65+ (57th out of 63).<ref name="c4cb 2021"/><ref name="BUA2011" /> The [[mean#Arithmetic mean (AM)|mean]] age is 35.7 and the [[median]] age is 35.<ref name="BUA2011" /> 18.5% of residents were born outside the UK (11th).<ref name="c4cb 2021" /> At the 2011 census, the ethnic profile was 78.9% white, 3.4% mixed, 9.7% Asian/Asian British, 7.3% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British, and 0.7% other.<ref name="BUA2011" /> The religious profile was that 62.0% of people were reported having a religion and 31.4% having none; the remainder declined to say: 52% are Christian, 5.1% Muslim, 3.0% Hindu; other religions each had less than 1% of the population.<ref name="BUA2011" />