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61.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Dinton is over 61.4

Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Locally, 71% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 244 residents in 114 households.

46%aged 65 or over 10%born abroad 114households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over make up 46% in Dinton, more than in 99% of UK towns

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

DintonEngland’s towns

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

Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.3% here and 12% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. More residents are 75–79 than any other five-year age: 14% of residents, 4 times the share across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1510%

15 to 245.3%

25 to 4413%

45 to 6425%

65 and over46%

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

Dinton

England

WomenMen

About 79 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.

Students & newcomers

Dinton ranks below 97% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.2%

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 students3.2%

Higher managerial and professional27%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical3.2%

Semi-routine5.6%

Routine5.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.7%

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Dinton

5.4%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.4%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.9× England’s share

With residents who moved in within the year at 5.4%, Dinton is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A smaller share of households with dependent children than 96% of UK towns: 19%

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

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 6.1%Families with dependent children 19%Couples and families, no young children 53%Shared houses and other 6.1%

Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns

Dinton

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person22%

2 people53%

3 people15%

4 people7.1%

5 or more2.7%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults: 6.1% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Households in detached houses make up 67% in Dinton, more than in 99% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Dinton

Buckinghamshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.3%

One36%

Two40%

Three or more19%

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

By its share of households without a car or van (5.3%), Dinton is below 98% of UK towns. Households in terraced houses account for 7%. 0.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 67% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Above 74% of UK towns: 10% of residents were born outside the UK

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 25%

Dinton

10%

Buckinghamshire’s towns

20%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language96%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.9%

Another main language, little or no English1.3%

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The figure for residents whose main language is English is 96% in Dinton and 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (6.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%).

Ethnicity & religion

30% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 94% 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

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.9%

Asian1.6%

Mixed1.2%

Black0.4%

Other0%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 92% of Dinton · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion30%

Christian61%

Muslim0.8%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer7.4%

0%35%70%

Next after White British come Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Pakistani (0.8%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Dinton has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 96% of UK towns, at 61%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 92%, below 53% of UK towns.

Relationships & caring

14% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership14%

Married or civil partnership71%

Separated2.3%

Divorced6%

Widowed7.4%

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

15residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 6.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week2.6%

20 to 49 hours1.3%

50 hours or more2.6%

6 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.

Qualifications

Among adults, 49% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications11%

Apprenticeship4.6%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level49%

DintonBuckinghamshire’s townsEngland’s towns

49% of Dinton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Dinton

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

StoneHaddenhamAylesburyLongwickWaddesdonLong CrendonThameDinton

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Dinton	244	—	61.4	46%	19%
Stone	2,081	1.5 mi	47.1	22%	31%
Haddenham	5,603	1.8 mi	44.5	24%	30%
Aylesbury	87,966	3.9 mi	36.4	12%	35%
Longwick	1,528	3.9 mi	42.4	22%	31%
Waddesdon	1,859	4.1 mi	43.1	17%	34%
Long Crendon	2,495	4.4 mi	46.9	24%	30%
Thame	12,952	4.4 mi	44	21%	29%

More about Dinton’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

“Buckinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Buckinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Dinton’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 Dinton’s residents

What is the population of Dinton?

The 2021 Census counted 244 people in Dinton’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Dinton?

The median age was 61.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 46% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Dinton?

92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Dinton?

30% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.

Is Dinton good for families?

19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dinton’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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