Photo: Nev1 · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 51.9: Dodleston is older than 92% of UK towns
The share of households in detached houses is 57%, against 21% across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 97% of UK towns: 63%. At the 2021 Census, 701 people lived in Dodleston, in 301 households. The census found that 23% of households have dependent children locally.
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Dodleston has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 73% of UK towns, at 11%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 79% of UK towns: 7.3%
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%.
Full-time students: 6.1%, above 86% of UK towns. To put it in context, 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.
Fewer people live alone than in 89% of UK towns: 24% of households
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Dodleston.
Only 6.2% of households in Dodleston have no car or van
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
5.2% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%. For Dodleston, the census puts households in terraced houses at 13%.
98% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 51% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in Africa (1%). Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK: 6.4% here and 18% across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 31% in Dodleston, less than in 91% 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: 93% of Dodleston · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Next after White British come Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.4%). By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Dodleston, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 91% 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
Unpaid carers: 10%, above 66% of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 28%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 45% of adults in Dodleston, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 17%.
Dodleston sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodleston | 701 | — | 51.9 | 27% | 23% |
| Higher Kinnerton | 1,731 | 1.9 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Broughton | 6,532 | 2 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 30% |
| Rossett | 1,977 | 2.3 mi | 49.7 | 26% | 26% |
| Penyffordd | 3,822 | 3.7 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 33% |
| Llay | 4,666 | 3.9 mi | 43 | 22% | 29% |
| Gresford | 4,948 | 3.9 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 22% |
| Hope | 4,422 | 4.2 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 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.
- “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 Dodleston’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 Dodleston’s residents
What is the population of Dodleston?
The 2021 Census counted 701 people in Dodleston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dodleston?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dodleston?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dodleston?
31% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Dodleston good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dodleston’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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