Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 1.8% of households have no car or van in Dorton
68% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Dorton’s 56 households held 157 residents at the 2021 Census. One-person households: 18% of the total. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 99% of UK towns.
14% of residents are 65 or over, below 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Dorton’s residents are over 46.7, older than in 66% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 13% of residents are aged 15 to 24. In Princes Risborough, the oldest of Buckinghamshire’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Dorton sits above 95% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (14%)
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%.
Full-time students: 7.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Dorton ranks above 91% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 34%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 1.8%, Dorton is behind 81% of UK towns on that count. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
The most common home: a detached house, for 68% 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.
Above 70% of UK towns: 9.2% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.3%).
90% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 62% 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: 90% of Dorton · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.7%). Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 69% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 89% of UK towns: 26%
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
1 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 9% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 54%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Dorton, 54% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 21%.
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Dorton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorton | 157 | — | 46.7 | 14% | 34% |
| Oakley | 1,129 | 3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 30% |
| Long Crendon | 2,495 | 3.4 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 30% |
| Waddesdon | 1,859 | 4.3 mi | 43.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Upper Arncott | 1,659 | 4.6 mi | 36.4 | 11% | 33% |
| Haddenham | 5,603 | 5 mi | 44.5 | 24% | 30% |
| Quainton | 1,311 | 5.3 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Thame | 12,952 | 5.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 29% |
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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.
- “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 Dorton’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 Dorton’s residents
What is the population of Dorton?
The 2021 Census counted 157 people in Dorton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dorton?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dorton?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dorton?
38% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Dorton good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dorton’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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