Photo: Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Bradford Abbas is over 52.7
Adults who have never married: 23% here and 39% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Bradford Abbas was home to 975 people in 421 households. For Bradford Abbas, the census puts households without a car or van at 6.2%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 8.7% in Bradford Abbas. Set beside that, 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 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bradford Abbas ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.7%
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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Bradford Abbas has 9.3%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
26% of households are one person living alone, below 78% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Dorset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Bradford Abbas sits below 99% of UK towns for households in flats (1.2%)
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 terraced houses: 7.9%, below 93% of UK towns. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 43% here, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
In Bradford Abbas, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 70% of UK towns.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Bradford Abbas · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
33% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Locally, nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian.
60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.1%, from the figure across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. 20 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bradford Abbas compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Bradford Abbas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Abbas | 975 | — | 52.7 | 29% | 21% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 1.6 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 2.6 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 3.1 mi | 50.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 5.9 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 6.8 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 7.4 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 8.4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Dorset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Dorset (or England), summed the same way as Bradford Abbas’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 Bradford Abbas’s residents
What is the population of Bradford Abbas?
The 2021 Census counted 975 people in Bradford Abbas’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bradford Abbas?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bradford Abbas?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bradford Abbas?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bradford Abbas good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bradford Abbas’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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