Photo: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 21%
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Westoning has 7%. Married adults and civil partners: 55% of the total. At 5.1%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 83% of UK towns. Its 824 households held 2,097 residents at the 2021 Census.
Half of Westoning is over 45.9, older than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Westoning.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.8%, a lower share than 89% of UK towns
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%.
40% of Westoning’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Fewer full-time students than in 64% of UK towns: 4.5%. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Westoning households average 2.5 people, larger than in 88% 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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 30% in Westoning.
Westoning: 43% of households live in a detached house, above 81% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 26% in Westoning. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Westoning, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 74% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%).
Above 59% of UK towns: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Westoning · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Westoning has 42%. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (1.2%).
Adults who have never married make up 31% in Westoning, less than in 60% 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
Some 54 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.1%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Westoning’s adults: 30% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Westoning
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westoning | 2,097 | — | 45.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Harlington | 2,287 | 1.3 mi | 49 | 24% | 26% |
| Flitwick | 13,668 | 1.5 mi | 42 | 18% | 29% |
| Flitton | 1,531 | 2.5 mi | 46.2 | 19% | 34% |
| Ampthill | 8,825 | 3.1 mi | 43 | 18% | 33% |
| Toddington | 4,509 | 3.1 mi | 46.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Barton-le-Clay | 4,941 | 3.2 mi | 47.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Silsoe | 3,419 | 3.4 mi | 39.7 | 16% | 38% |
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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 Westoning’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 Westoning’s residents
What is the population of Westoning?
The 2021 Census counted 2,097 people in Westoning’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Westoning?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Westoning?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Westoning?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Westoning good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Westoning’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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