• Source: City of Milton Keynes

The City of Milton Keynes is a borough with city status, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region. The borough abuts Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire. The borough is administered by Milton Keynes City Council, a unitary authority.
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 unitary authority area was just over 287,000.




History



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:

Bletchley Urban District
Newport Pagnell Urban District
Newport Pagnell Rural District
Winslow Rural District (part within the designated New Town area only, rest went to Aylesbury Vale)
Wolverton Urban District
The new district was named Milton Keynes (after its largest settlement). The district was given borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.
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. Milton Keynes remains part of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire for the purposes of lieutenancy.
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.




Local government



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 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.




Education



Further education in the borough is provided by Milton Keynes College. For higher education, the Open University's headquarters are in Milton Keynes – 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. As of January 2022, the project is stalled pending assurance of government funding.




Demographics






= Population

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At the 2021 census, the population of the borough was 287,060. This was an increase of 15.3% from the 2011 census, when the population of the borough was 248,821. By 2050, the City Council projects that the borough's population will reach 410,000.




= Education

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At the 2021 census, of residents aged 16 and over, 15.8% had no qualifications, 10.9% had a level 1 qualification, 14.2% had level 2, 4.7% were in apprenticeship, 15.7% had level 3, 35.8% had level 4 and 2.9% had other qualifications.




= Ethnicity

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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.




= Religion

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




= Housing and home ownership

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Household tenure breaks down to 60.8% of dwellings owner-occupied, 21% of homes privately rented and 18% are socially rented. 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.




= Public health

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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."




Settlements






= Milton Keynes urban area

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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.

Abbey Hill: Kiln Farm, Two Mile Ash, Wymbush
Bletchley and Fenny Stratford: Brickfields, Central Bletchley, Denbigh, Mount Farm, Fenny Lock, Granby, Fenny Stratford, Newton Leys, Water Eaton
Bradwell: Bradville, Bradwell, Bradwell Abbey, Bradwell Common, Bradwell village, Heelands, Rooksley
Broughton and Milton Keynes – a joint parish council: Atterbury, Brook Furlong, Broughton, Fox Milne, Middleton (includes Milton Keynes Village), Northfield, Oakgrove, Pineham. Legally, the distinct parishes of Broughton and of Milton Keynes continue to exist.
Campbell Park (civil parish): Fishermead, Newlands, Oldbrook, Springfield, Willen and Willen Lake, Winterhill, The Woolstones
Central Milton Keynes: Central MK, Campbell Park
Fairfields
Great Linford: Bolbeck Park, Blakelands, Conniburrow, Downs Barn, Downhead Park, Giffard Park, Great Linford, Neath Hill, Pennyland, Redhouse, Tongwell, Willen Park
Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow: Brinklow, Kents Hill, Kingston, Monkston
Loughton and Great Holm: Loughton, Loughton Lodge, Great Holm, Elfield Park, the Bowl
New Bradwell
Newport Pagnell
Shenley Brook End: Emerson Valley, Furzton, Kingsmead, Shenley Brook End, Shenley Lodge, Snelshall, Tattenhoe, Tattenhoe Park, Westcroft
Shenley Church End: Crownhill, Grange Farm, Hazeley, Medbourne, Oakhill, Oxley Park, Shenley Church End, Woodhill
Simpson and Ashland: Ashland, Simpson, West Ashland
Stantonbury: Bancroft/Bancroft Park, Blue Bridge, Bradville, Linford Wood, Oakridge Park, Stantonbury, Stantonbury Fields
Stony Stratford: Fullers Slade, Galley Hill, Stony Stratford
Walton: Caldecotte, Old Farm Park, Tilbrook, Tower Gate, Walnut Tree, Walton, Walton Hall, Walton Park, Wavendon Gate
Wavendon: Wavendon, Eagle Farm, Glebe Farm
West Bletchley: Far Bletchley, Old Bletchley, West Bletchley.
Whitehouse
Woburn Sands
Wolverton and Greenleys: Greenleys, Stacey Bushes, Stonebridge, Wolverton, Old Wolverton
Woughton: Beanhill, Bleak Hall, Coffee Hall, Eaglestone, Leadenhall, Netherfield, Peartree Bridge, Redmoor, Tinkers Bridge (part)
Old Woughton: Passmore (part of Tinkers Bridge), Woughton on the Green, Woughton Park.
Bletchley, Central Milton Keynes, Fenny Stratford, Newport Pagnell, Stony Stratford, Woburn Sands and Wolverton are towns.




= Rest of the borough

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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:




= Neighbourhood Plans

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As of December 2023, 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.




Freedom of the City


The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the City (from 2022) or Freedom of the Borough (1982–2021).




= Individuals

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Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan: 18 March 1982.
James Marshall: 2009.
Dame Cleo Laine: 2011.
Peter Winkelman: 12 November 2015.
Leah Williamson: 28 February 2023. (first recipient of the Freedom of the City)




= Military Units

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The Royal Green Jackets: 1998.
The Rifles: 2007. (confirmation)
678 (Rifles) Squadron 6 Regiment Army Air Corps: 11 March 2018.




= Organisations and businesses

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Red Bull Racing, 2014




References






External links


Map on the Milton Keynes Council's website showing civil parishes in the borough.

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• Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
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