Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8% of households
With a median age of 48.6, Pulloxhill is older than 77% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 596 residents in the village, living in 236 households. The census found that 23% of households are one person living alone here. By its share of households without a car or van (6.7%), Pulloxhill is below 96% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 76% of UK towns: 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 9.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns, at 5.9%
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%.
5.2% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Here, 26% of households have dependent children.
A village of detached houses: 39% of households live in one
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 23%, against 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 75% 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (2%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 8.7%, more than in 68% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%, a higher share than 85% 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: 88% of Pulloxhill · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 35% here and 37% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. On the census count, 88% of residents describe themselves as White British.
In Pulloxhill, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 86% 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 15 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On unpaid carers, Pulloxhill sits lower than 59% of UK towns: 9%.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Pulloxhill’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 36% have one at degree level (34%).
Pulloxhill is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulloxhill | 596 | — | 48.6 | 26% | 26% |
| Flitton | 1,531 | 1.1 mi | 46.2 | 19% | 34% |
| Silsoe | 3,419 | 1.6 mi | 39.7 | 16% | 38% |
| Westoning | 2,097 | 1.9 mi | 45.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Flitwick | 13,668 | 2 mi | 42 | 18% | 29% |
| Barton-le-Clay | 4,941 | 2.2 mi | 47.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Harlington | 2,287 | 2.5 mi | 49 | 24% | 26% |
| Maulden | 2,486 | 2.7 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Pulloxhill’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 Pulloxhill’s residents
What is the population of Pulloxhill?
The 2021 Census counted 596 people in Pulloxhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pulloxhill?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pulloxhill?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 8.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pulloxhill?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Pulloxhill good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pulloxhill’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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