Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0A village of detached houses: 74% of households live in one
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 7.4% of households have no car or van in Workhouse End. The share of one-person households stands at 22%. At 57%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 93% of UK towns. 343 residents in 136 households: that is Workhouse End at the 2021 Census.
Workhouse End is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 50.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above 72% of UK towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Workhouse End, 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 90% 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%.
41% of Workhouse End’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Census figures put full-time students at 4.8% locally.
2.5 people per household, more than in 92% 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.
In Workhouse End, 25% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 4.4%.
The most common home: a detached house, for 74% of households
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Workhouse End ranks above 72% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 9.5%
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
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Workhouse End has 98%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (6.1%) and in Africa (2.3%).
59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 86% of Workhouse End · Bedfordshire’s towns 61% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 86% here and 73% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Locally, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 85% 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
4 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. More unpaid carers than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 9.9%. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
Among adults, 34% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Workhouse End’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Workhouse End
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse End | 343 | — | 50.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Great Barford | 2,254 | 1.7 mi | 44.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Blunham | 1,391 | 3 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 30% |
| Bedford | 97,226 | 3.2 mi | 38.4 | 15% | 31% |
| Shortstown | 4,837 | 3.6 mi | 32.9 | 6.7% | 42% |
| Clapham | 4,502 | 4.6 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Sandy | 11,375 | 4.7 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Kempston | 22,779 | 5.3 mi | 39 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Workhouse End’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 Workhouse End’s residents
What is the population of Workhouse End?
The 2021 Census counted 343 people in Workhouse End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Workhouse End?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Workhouse End?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 61% across Bedfordshire’s towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Workhouse End?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Workhouse End good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Workhouse End’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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