Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Broadwindsor is over 61
Adults who have never married make up 20%, against 39% across England’s towns. In Broadwindsor, 18% of households have dependent children. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 98% of UK towns: 1.2%. At the 2021 Census, 553 people lived in the village, in 261 households.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 41%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.1% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
Here 7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Broadwindsor has 36% and 21%.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 96% 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.
The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Broadwindsor.
Fewer households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.8%
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
Nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, more households in detached houses than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 43%. Set beside that, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Here, 20% of households live in a terraced house.
Broadwindsor ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%) and in EU countries (1.1%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in three quarters of UK towns: 4.2%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 80% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Broadwindsor · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 42% in Broadwindsor. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Broadwindsor, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
More unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns: 12% of residents
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
Some 25 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The comparison figure for unpaid carers is 8.7% across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Broadwindsor sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 56%.
Qualified to degree level: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
33% of Broadwindsor’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Broadwindsor has a younger population
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Broadwindsor’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 Broadwindsor’s residents
What is the population of Broadwindsor?
The 2021 Census counted 553 people in Broadwindsor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broadwindsor?
The median age was 61 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broadwindsor?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Broadwindsor?
42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Broadwindsor good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broadwindsor’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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