Photo: Tigerboy1966 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bunbury is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 52.8
56% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. On shared households of unrelated adults, Bunbury sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 1.3%. There were 535 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,259 residents. One-person households: nearly a quarter of the total.
What the Census says about Bunbury’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bunbury’s residents are under 52.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Bunbury ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%, against 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
A higher share of full-time students than 68% of UK towns, at 5.3%
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%.
By class, 52% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. In Bunbury, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bunbury households average 2.4 people, larger than in 72% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cheshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Just over a quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 98% of UK towns: 1.7%
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 without a car or van: 8.5% here and 24% across England’s towns. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 6.4% of households live in a terraced house. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 93% of UK towns: 2.9%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). At 100%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Bunbury ranks above 96% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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: 97% of Bunbury · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Pakistani (0.2%). 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 97% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 32%, below 90% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
A fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). On unpaid carers, Bunbury sits higher than four fifths of UK towns: 11%. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 34 people.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 52%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 52% of Bunbury’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.6% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Bunbury has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunbury | 1,259 | — | 52.8 | 30% | 26% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 2.9 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 4.6 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Nantwich | 18,741 | 6.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 24% |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 6.8 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 7.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Winsford | 32,522 | 7.2 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Willaston (Cheshire East) | 3,653 | 7.9 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
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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.
- “Cheshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cheshire (or England), summed the same way as Bunbury’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 Bunbury’s residents
What is the population of Bunbury?
The 2021 Census counted 1,259 people in Bunbury’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bunbury?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bunbury?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bunbury?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bunbury good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bunbury’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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