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The City of Milton Keynes is a borough in Buckinghamshire, England. The borough was created in 1974 and is named after its main settlement, Milton Keynes, which had been designated as a new town seven years earlier in 1967. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region. The borough abuts Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire.Template:Efn The borough was awarded city status in 2022. It is administered by Milton Keynes City Council, which has been a unitary authority since 1997.

The principal built-up area in the borough is the Milton Keynes urban area, which accounts for about 20% of its area and 90% of its population. The borough also includes many rural areas surrounding the Milton Keynes urban area, especially to the north, containing several villages and the town of Olney. At the 2021 census, the population of the borough was just over 287,000.<ref name=census2021>Template:NOMIS2021</ref>

History

Template:See also The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of four former districts and part of a fifth, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>

The new district was named Milton Keynes after the new town which had been designated in 1967, covering a large area in the south of the new district.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref><ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> The district was given borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.<ref name="hans74">Template:Cite web</ref>

As established in 1974, the borough of Milton Keynes was one of five non-metropolitan districts of Buckinghamshire, with Buckinghamshire County Council providing county-level services to the area. On 1 April 1997, Milton Keynes became a self-governing unitary authority by being redefined as its own non-metropolitan county, independent from Buckinghamshire County Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Milton Keynes remains part of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire for the purposes of lieutenancy.<ref>Template:Cite legislation UK</ref>

On 15 August 2022, letters patent were issued giving the borough the status of a city, allowing the council to change its name to Milton Keynes City Council.<ref name=letters>Template:London Gazette</ref>

Local government

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Arising from the local government elections of May 2024, the borough is governed by a Labour administration. The Liberal Democrat party is the main opposition group.

In the 2024 election Labour gained 4 seats to become the majority party, having previously been part of a joint Labour-Lib-Dem run administration.

The borough is fully parished, with over 50 parishes.

Economy

According to data from the Office for National Statistics for 2017, the borough was the highest performing NUTS3 region in the UK outside inner London (which takes the first five places), on the basis of gross value added per head.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

Education

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Further education in the borough is provided by Milton Keynes College. For higher education, the Open University's headquarters are in Milton KeynesTemplate:Spaced ndash though, as this is a distance education institution, the only students resident on campus are approximately 200 full-time postgraduates. A campus of the University of Bedfordshire located in Central Milton Keynes, provides conventional undergraduate courses.

Cranfield University is the academic partner in project with Milton Keynes City Council to establish a new university, code-named "MK:U", on a reserved site in the city centre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:As of, the project is stalled pending assurance of government funding.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Demographics

Population

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Population trend of borough and Urban Area 1801–2021<ref>Source: Vision of Britain, Office for National Statistics </ref>
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Population of City of Milton Keynes (unitary authority area) in 2021<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

At the 2021 census, the population of the borough was 287,060.<ref name=census2021 /> This was an increase of 15.3% from the 2011 census, when the population of the borough was 248,821.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By 2050, the City Council projects that the borough's population will reach 410,000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Education

At the 2021 census, of residents aged 16 and over, 15.8% had no qualifications, 10.9% had a levelTemplate:Nbsp1 qualification, 14.2% had levelTemplate:Nbsp2, 4.7% were in apprenticeship, 15.7% had levelTemplate:Nbsp3, 35.8% had levelTemplate:Nbsp4 and 2.9% had other qualifications.

Ethnicity

In the 2021 census, almost 71.8% of the population described their ethnic origin as white, 12.3% as Asian, 9.7% as black, 4% as mixed, and 2% as another ethnic group.<ref name="ONS EG 2021" /> Template:Hatnote

Ethnic Group Year
1981 estimations<ref name="HMSO-1996">Template:Cite book</ref> 1991 census<ref name="HMSO-1996" /><ref>Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)</ref> 2001 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2011 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2021 census<ref name="ONS EG 2021">Template:Cite web</ref>
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 119,876 95.6% 168,679 94.1% 187,852 90.7% 199,094 80% 206,114 71.8%
White: British – – – – 179,694 86.8% 183,934 73.9% 178,568 62.2%
White: Irish – – – – 2,918 2,498 2,382 0.8%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller – – – – – – 72 156 0.1%
White: Roma – – – – 578 0.2%
White: Other – – – – 5,240 12,590 5.1% 24,430 8.5%
Asian or Asian British: Total 3,073 6,127 9,406 4.5% 22,782 9.2% 35,645 12.3%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 1,560 2,940 3,967 1.9% 8,106 3.3% 15,348 5.3%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 398 842 1,682 0.8% 3,851 1.5% 7,163 2.5%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 388 717 1,072 0.5% 1,989 0.8% 3,189 1.1%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese 325 688 1,835 0.9% 2,722 1.1% 2,913 1.0%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 402 940 850 0.4% 6,114 2.5% 7,032 2.4%
Black or Black British: Total 1,722 2,972 4,986 2.4% 17,131 6.9% 27,851 9.7%
Black or Black British: African 289 548 2,596 13,058 5.2% 21,502 7.5%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 1,017 1,716 1,956 2,524 2,975 1.0%
Black or Black British: Other Black 416 708 434 1,549 3,374 1.2%
Mixed or British Mixed: Total – – – – 3,716 1.8% 8,235 3.3% 11,725 4%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – – – – 1,347 2,243 2,997 1.0%
Mixed: White and Black African – – – – 477 1,597 2,551 0.9%
Mixed: White and Asian – – – – 1,037 2,228 2,973 1.0%
Mixed: Other Mixed – – – – 855 2,167 3,204 1.1%
Other: Total 765 1,417 1,097 0.5% 1,579 0.6% 5,725 2%
Other: Arab – – – – – – 565 1349 0.5%
Other: Any other ethnic group 765 1,417 1,097 0.5% 1,014 0.4% 4376 1.5%
Ethnic minority: Total 5,561 4.4% 10,521 5.9% 19,205 9.3% 49,727 20% 80,946 28%
Total 125,437 100% 179,200 100% 207,057 100% 248,821 100% 287,060 100%

Religion

The following table shows the religion of respondents in recent censuses in the city of Milton Keynes.

Religion 2001 Census <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2011 Census <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2021 Census <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Number % Number % Number %
Christian 135,715 65.54 131,352 52.79 122,935 42.83
Muslim 4,843 2.34 11,913 4.79 20,484 7.14
Hindu 2,596 1.25 6,918 2.78 12,911 4.50
Sikh 795 0.38 1,372 0.55 1,959 0.68
Buddhist 747 0.36 1,246 0.50 1,404 0.49
Jewish 466 0.23 427 0.17 383 0.13
Other religion 821 0.40 1,216 0.49 1,558 0.54
No religion 44,633 21.56 77,939 31.32 108,953 37.95
Religion not stated 16,441 7.94 16,438 6.61 16,473 5.74
Total 207,057 100.00% 248,821 100.00% 287,060 100.00%

Housing and home ownership

Household tenure breaks down to 60.8% of dwellings owner-occupied, 21% of homes privately rented and 18% are socially rented.<ref name=census2021 /> Due to the borough's fast-growing population, the City Council plans for a minimum of 26,500 dwellings across the borough over the period between 2016 and 2031, with development primarily focused on city estates, expansion areas and strategic land locations in the south and east of Milton Keynes, Campbell Park (in CMK) and the three "Key Settlements" outside of the 1967 "designated development area" of Milton Keynes: Newport Pagnell, Woburn Sands and Olney.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Public health

According to Public Health England, "The health of people in Milton Keynes is generally similar to the England average. About 15.1% (8,680) children live in low income families. Life expectancy for both men and women is similar to the England average."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Settlements

Milton Keynes urban area

The City of Milton Keynes is fully parished. These are the parishes, and the districts they contain, that are now elements of the Milton Keynes built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics.<ref name=BUA>Template:NOMIS2011 (includes map of the built-up area).</ref>Template:Efn

Bletchley, Central Milton Keynes, Fenny Stratford, Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Woburn Sands and Wolverton are towns.

Rest of the borough

The rural area accounts for about 80% of the borough by area and about 10% by population. Olney is a town. These are the extra-urban civil parishes: Template:Div col

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Neighbourhood Plans

Template:As of, the borough has 28 designated Neighbourhood Areas, of which 22 have made/adopted Neighbourhood Development Plans approved by the City Council, spanning both urban and rural parishes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Heritage assets

Template:Main Template:As of the National Heritage List for England includes 1,166 entries for heritage assets in the City of Milton Keynes. These comprise 1,111 listed buildings, of which 30 are at Grade I, 59 Grade II*, and 1,022 Grade II; 5 parks and gardens, of which 3 are grade II* and 2 Grade II; 49 Scheduled monuments; and 1 certificate of immunity from listing, for The Point.<ref>Using Historic England's Advanced search, specify Milton Keynes under ""District /Unitary Authority /Borough" and specify Grade and Heritage Category.</ref>

Freedom of the City

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City (from 2022) or Freedom of the Borough (1982Template:Ndash2021).

Individuals

Military Units

Organisations and businesses

Notes

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References

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