Photo: Stephen Charles · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 6.2%
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 29% in Duddon. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. The village is home to 656 residents in 277 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in flats account for 4.7%.
Older than 64% of UK towns: half of Duddon is over 46.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 21%, Duddon is behind 57% of UK towns on that count. Locally, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 7.6%, a higher share than 93% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Duddon, 39% and 18%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 10% of 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.
Duddon households average 2.4 people, larger than in 76% 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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns: 29%. For Duddon, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.2%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 76% of UK towns: 14%
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 detached houses: 37%, above 70% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 93% of UK towns: 99%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Duddon has 4.7%. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns: 65%
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: 96% of Duddon · Cheshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.3%), Arab (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). Higher than in 85% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Duddon ranks above 84% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 54%
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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 17. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. On unpaid carers, Duddon sits higher than 72% of UK towns: 10%. Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Duddon has 33%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 39% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%). For 18%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Duddon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duddon | 656 | — | 46.4 | 21% | 29% |
| Tarvin | 2,744 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 30% |
| Kelsall | 2,997 | 2 mi | 50.3 | 26% | 29% |
| Tarporley | 3,212 | 3 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 26% |
| Tattenhall | 2,296 | 4.2 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Christleton and Waverton | 2,670 | 4.4 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 29% |
| Guilden Sutton | 1,462 | 4.7 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 27% |
| Mickle Trafford | 1,840 | 5.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 31% |
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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 Duddon’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 Duddon’s residents
What is the population of Duddon?
The 2021 Census counted 656 people in Duddon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Duddon?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Duddon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Cheshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Duddon?
29% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Duddon good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Duddon’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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