Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children: 19%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
Half of Apsley End’s residents are over 51.9, older than in 92% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 448 people lived here, in 198 households. For Apsley End, the census puts households in flats at 0.5%. Here 6.1% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Apsley End, less than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 2.9% in Apsley End, less than in 99% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 4.9%, below 99% of UK towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 68% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Apsley End, 2.3. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. In Apsley End, 3.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Apsley End: 53% of households live in a detached house, above 92% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 14% of households live in a terraced house here. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 67% of UK towns: 98%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Set against 18% across England’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK in Apsley End.
Apsley End sits above 81% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (55%)
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 92% of Apsley End · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.7%), Indian (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Apsley End, less than in 87% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Apsley End. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 10.
36% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Apsley End’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Apsley End
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apsley End | 448 | — | 51.9 | 26% | 19% |
| Shillington | 1,629 | 0.9 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 28% |
| Pirton | 1,452 | 2 mi | 46.1 | 20% | 32% |
| Meppershall | 2,044 | 2.6 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 30% |
| Barton-le-Clay | 4,941 | 2.6 mi | 47.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Silsoe | 3,419 | 2.9 mi | 39.7 | 16% | 38% |
| Lower Stondon | 3,966 | 3.1 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 33% |
| Clophill | 2,515 | 3.7 mi | 49.7 | 24% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Bedfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Bedfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Apsley End’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Apsley End’s residents
What is the population of Apsley End?
The 2021 Census counted 448 people in Apsley End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Apsley End?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Apsley End?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Apsley End?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Apsley End good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Apsley End’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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