Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.00.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8%, Dunton is behind 93% of UK towns on that count. On the census count, 18% of households are one person living alone. 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. There were 312 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 770 residents.
A median age of 49.1: Dunton is older than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across Dunton, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 76% of UK towns: 4.2%
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%.
9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 90% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Just over a quarter of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%.
Only 4.8% of households have no car or van in Dunton
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Dunton has 43%. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. On the census count, 20% of households live in a terraced house.
Dunton ranks above 67% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in Africa (1.9%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Dunton, 7.4%.
Dunton: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 78% of UK towns
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 Dunton · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Dunton, 92%. For Dunton, the census puts residents with no religion at 40%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Dunton: 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 97% 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
11% of residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Census figures put adults who have never married at 25% in Dunton.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Dunton, 30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
Dunton and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunton | 770 | — | 49.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Biggleswade | 21,945 | 2.5 mi | 37.7 | 15% | 31% |
| Potton | 5,229 | 3.2 mi | 43 | 20% | 29% |
| Ashwell | 1,982 | 3.6 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 31% |
| Langford | 3,712 | 3.8 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Upper Caldecote | 1,333 | 4.3 mi | 48.9 | 24% | 26% |
| Gamlingay | 2,920 | 4.9 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| Stotfold | 12,313 | 5.2 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 37% |
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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 Dunton’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 Dunton’s residents
What is the population of Dunton?
The 2021 Census counted 770 people in Dunton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dunton?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dunton?
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 Dunton?
40% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Dunton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dunton’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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