Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van make up 3.2% in Flitton, less than in 99% of UK towns
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Flitton has 9.4%. On the census count, 15% of households are one person living alone. Three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 98% of UK towns. There were 591 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,531 residents.
Half of Flitton is over 46.2, older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Flitton has 19%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 10%, more than in 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 5.4% of adults study full-time
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.5% in Flitton and 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Above 90% of UK towns: 34% of households have dependent children
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.
Households average 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.1% of the total.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.7%
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
In Flitton, just over two thirds of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Flitton: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 78% of UK towns
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 (3.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). At 6.3%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in just over half of UK towns. To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 82% of UK towns: 56%
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: 91% of Flitton · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British here. 37% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 76% of UK towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Indian (0.9%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 89% of UK towns: 26%
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
32 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. More unpaid carers than in 57% of UK towns: 9.6%. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
41% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 41% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Flitton are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Flitton’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 Flitton’s residents
What is the population of Flitton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,531 people in Flitton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flitton?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flitton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Flitton?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Flitton good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flitton’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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