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48.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Below 98% of UK towns: 1.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home

Households without a car or van make up 5.2%, against 24% across England’s towns. With a median age of 48.5, Podington is older than 77% of UK towns. The village is home to 384 residents in 173 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Podington, 52% of households live in a detached house.

23%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 173households

Ages

Below 88% of UK towns: 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24

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

PodingtonEngland’s towns

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

50–54 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 248.4%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6433%

65 and over23%

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Podington

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

5.5% of adults are full-time students, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach

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 students5.5%

Higher managerial and professional20%

Lower managerial and professional25%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical4.6%

Semi-routine8.8%

Routine5.8%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.7%

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Podington

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 10%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.6× England’s share

45% of Podington’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Only 24% of households in Podington have dependent children

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

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 16%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 1.2%

Against Bedfordshire’s towns and England’s towns

Podington

Bedfordshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person32%

2 people37%

3 people14%

4 people12%

5 or more4.7%

England’s towns.

The share of one-person households tops two thirds of UK towns: 32%. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. Households average 2.2 people.

Homes & cars

Podington sits below 76% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (14%)

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

Type of home

Podington

Bedfordshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.2%

One38%

Two33%

Three or more23%

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Here 6.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

10% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Podington

10%

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 language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 98%, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

In Podington, 45% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 75% 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

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6.5%

Asian0.3%

Mixed2.1%

Black0%

Other0.3%

0%10%20%

White British, not charted: 91% of Podington · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion45%

Christian52%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer2.9%

0%30%60%

52% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 91%.

Relationships & caring

A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 68% of UK towns, at 51%

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 partnership30%

Married or civil partnership51%

Separated3.3%

Divorced7.9%

Widowed7.9%

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

30residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.1%

20 to 49 hours1.3%

50 hours or more1.6%

Adults who have never married make up 30%, against 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 6.

Qualifications

44% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications10%

Apprenticeship4%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level44%

PodingtonBedfordshire’s townsEngland’s towns

With 44% of its adults qualified to degree level, Podington compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 10% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Podington

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

WymingtonWollastonIrchesterRushdenBozeatHarroldSharnbrookPodington

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Podington	384	—	48.5	23%	24%
Wymington	1,000	1.5 mi	36.3	15%	37%
Wollaston	3,564	2 mi	44.7	21%	30%
Irchester	4,543	2 mi	47.9	25%	25%
Rushden	31,689	2.6 mi	42.3	20%	29%
Bozeat	2,166	3 mi	50.2	25%	24%
Harrold	1,668	3.6 mi	47.6	20%	29%
Sharnbrook	1,744	3.6 mi	50.3	28%	28%

More about Podington’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

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 Podington’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 Podington’s residents

What is the population of Podington?

The 2021 Census counted 384 people in Podington’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Podington?

The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Podington?

91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Podington?

45% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.9% didn’t answer.

Is Podington good for families?

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