High Street, Felmersham with St Mary's church

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54.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 54.2: Felmersham is older than 96% of UK towns

In Felmersham, 4.5% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The village’s 156 households held 374 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.

31%aged 65 or over 5.4%born abroad 156households

Ages

31% of residents are 65 or over, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

FelmershamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.1%), Felmersham is below 92% of UK towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 248.1%

25 to 4413%

45 to 6433%

65 and over31%

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Felmersham

England

WomenMen

About 86 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.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 4.5% in Felmersham, less than in 66% 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

Full-time students4.5%

Higher managerial and professional26%

Lower managerial and professional33%

Intermediate9.9%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical2.9%

Semi-routine5.4%

Routine2.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.2%

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Felmersham

8.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 8.6%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for nearly three fifths of Felmersham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 8%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 21%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 13%Living alone, under 66 8.3%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 51%Shared houses and other 3.2%

Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns

Felmersham

Bedfordshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person21%

2 people48%

3 people9.6%

4 people15%

5 or more6.4%

England’s towns.

Here 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. Across Felmersham, 24% of households have dependent children. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%.

Homes & cars

More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 79% of households

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Felmersham

Bedfordshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.5%

One28%

Two47%

Three or more20%

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Felmersham, 3.3%. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

More residents whose main language is English than 84% of UK towns: 99%

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%

Felmersham

5.4%

Bedfordshire’s towns

23%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.1%

Another main language, little or no English0%

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born outside the UK make up 5.4%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as White British than 62% of UK towns: 94%

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

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.6%

Asian0%

Mixed1.6%

Black0.3%

Other0%

0%10%20%

White British, not charted: 94% of Felmersham · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian60%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer4.8%

0%35%70%

Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 80% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.

Relationships & caring

66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership18%

Married or civil partnership66%

Separated2.6%

Divorced5.8%

Widowed7.4%

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

30residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.7%

20 to 49 hours0.8%

50 hours or more0.8%

Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.4%. On the census count, 18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.

Qualifications

A degree-level qualification for 52% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications3.8%

Apprenticeship5.7%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level52%

FelmershamBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

3.8% of Felmersham’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 52% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

The towns around Felmersham are all younger

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

SharnbrookHarroldOakleyClaphamBromhamRiseleyWymingtonFelmersham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Felmersham	374	—	54.2	31%	24%
Sharnbrook	1,744	1.3 mi	50.3	28%	28%
Harrold	1,668	2.4 mi	47.6	20%	29%
Oakley	2,507	2.8 mi	45.1	23%	34%
Clapham	4,502	3.7 mi	43.2	20%	31%
Bromham	4,652	4.3 mi	49.3	27%	27%
Riseley	1,320	4.4 mi	48.6	25%	27%
Wymington	1,000	4.8 mi	36.3	15%	37%

More about Felmersham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Felmersham’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 Felmersham’s residents

What is the population of Felmersham?

The 2021 Census counted 374 people in Felmersham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Felmersham?

The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Felmersham?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Felmersham?

36% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.

Is Felmersham good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Felmersham’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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