Photo: Peter Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0Broadmayne is older than 85% of UK towns: a median age of 50.1
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 92% of UK towns: 96%. Higher than in 89% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Broadmayne had 607 residents in 264 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 4.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
In Broadmayne, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 9% in Broadmayne. For comparison, 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Broadmayne, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 73% 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%.
Two fifths of Broadmayne’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. For Broadmayne, the census puts full-time students at 4.8%.
Fewer people live alone than in 66% of UK towns: 28% of households
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.
In Broadmayne the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 27% of households have dependent children. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 53% of UK towns.
A higher share of households in terraced houses than 79% of UK towns, at 28%
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
The share of households in detached houses is 34%, against 21% across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 74% of UK towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 85% of UK towns: 3.5%. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Broadmayne ranks above 80% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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 Broadmayne · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.2%). At 41%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 51% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 96% of UK towns: 24%
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
By its share of unpaid carers (10%), Broadmayne is above 78% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
37% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Broadmayne, 12%, while 37% hold one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Broadmayne, 2 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadmayne | 607 | — | 50.1 | 30% | 27% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 2.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 3.4 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 5.1 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 5.1 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Weymouth | 55,540 | 5.5 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 6 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 31% |
| Chickerell | 3,973 | 6.5 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
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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 Broadmayne’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 Broadmayne’s residents
What is the population of Broadmayne?
The 2021 Census counted 607 people in Broadmayne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broadmayne?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broadmayne?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Broadmayne?
41% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Broadmayne good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broadmayne’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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