Photo: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0Haynes is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.4
The figure for households without a car or van is 6.3% in Haynes and 24% across England’s towns. 1% of households live in a flat or apartment, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 913 residents in 395 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Haynes, just over a fifth of households have dependent children.
32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 6.2%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Haynes has 43% and 17%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Here, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
A smaller share of one-person households than 83% of UK towns: 26%
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 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. The census found that 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Haynes.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 90% of UK towns, at 50%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Haynes has 14%. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
With residents born outside the UK at 4.5%, Haynes is behind 71% of UK towns on that count. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.8%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%
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: 93% of Haynes · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Pakistani (0.9%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 32% here, fewer than in 90% of UK towns. 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns and 73% across England’s towns.
Above 95% of UK towns: 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
With adults who have never married at 25%, Haynes is behind 93% of UK towns on that count. One in ten residents give unpaid care, more than in 63% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. For 28 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Haynes, 16%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Haynes are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes | 913 | — | 54.4 | 32% | 22% |
| Wilstead | 2,404 | 2.2 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 22% |
| Clophill | 2,515 | 2.8 mi | 49.7 | 24% | 28% |
| Wixams | 6,044 | 3.3 mi | 31.2 | 8% | 49% |
| Shefford | 7,317 | 3.3 mi | 39.9 | 16% | 33% |
| Houghton Conquest | 1,867 | 3.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 26% |
| Shortstown | 4,837 | 3.5 mi | 32.9 | 6.7% | 42% |
| Maulden | 2,486 | 3.7 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Haynes’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 Haynes’s residents
What is the population of Haynes?
The 2021 Census counted 913 people in Haynes’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haynes?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haynes?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haynes?
32% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Haynes good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haynes’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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