Photo: Oliver White · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Stevington is over 54.1
The share of households with dependent children is 20%, against 29% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 582 residents in 263 households. The census found that 2.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Stevington. At 24%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 94% of UK towns.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
5.3% of adults are full-time students, a share 70% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.5% in Stevington, less than in 91% of UK towns
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.
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. For Stevington, the census puts one-person households at 30%.
7.2% of households have no car or van, below 95% of UK towns
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 53% in Stevington. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 65% of UK towns.
In Stevington, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% 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 (3.1%) and in Africa (1.7%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.3% in Stevington and 18% across England’s towns.
Stevington: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 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: 92% of Stevington · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and African (0.7%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 14% of residents give unpaid care
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
For 23 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Stevington sits higher than 90% of UK towns: 56%.
Qualified to degree level: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
42% of Stevington’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.5% have none (18%).
The towns around Stevington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevington | 582 | — | 54.1 | 30% | 20% |
| Oakley | 2,507 | 1.4 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 34% |
| Bromham | 4,652 | 1.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Clapham | 4,502 | 2.4 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Harrold | 1,668 | 3.2 mi | 47.6 | 20% | 29% |
| Great Denham | 4,363 | 3.5 mi | 31.7 | 3.9% | 47% |
| Sharnbrook | 1,744 | 4 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 28% |
| Kempston | 22,779 | 4.4 mi | 39 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Stevington’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 Stevington’s residents
What is the population of Stevington?
The 2021 Census counted 582 people in Stevington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stevington?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stevington?
92% 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 Stevington?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Stevington good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stevington’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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