Photo: Mike Faherty · CC BY-SA 2.039% of households have dependent children, more than in 97% of UK towns
The share of one-person households is 10%, against 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Chalbury Common was home to 158 people in 59 households. On the census count, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 96% of UK towns.
In Chalbury Common, 8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 45–49 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 25%. Half of Chalbury Common’s residents are over 46, older than in just over three in five UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
In Chalbury Common, 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 96% 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%.
Full-time students: 5.6% here and 7.9% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Larger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Chalbury Common ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 72%
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: 3.3%, below 99% of UK towns. 5.1% of households have no car or van. Few places have so few households in flats: 6.7% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.5%) and in Africa (1.3%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. At 5.1%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 64% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 54% in Chalbury Common, more than in 78% 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: 97% of Chalbury Common · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 41% answered “no religion” and 54% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer 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
Unpaid carers make up 6% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Among adults, 40% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
15% of Chalbury Common’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Chalbury Common are all 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalbury Common | 158 | — | 46 | 25% | 39% |
| Three Legged Cross | 1,129 | 3.5 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 29% |
| Wimborne Minster | 16,629 | 3.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 26% |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 4.1 mi | 49 | 28% | 26% |
| West Moors | 10,432 | 4.7 mi | 56.5 | 38% | 19% |
| Ferndown | 13,267 | 5.1 mi | 58.6 | 40% | 17% |
| Merley | 5,489 | 5.3 mi | 48.7 | 30% | 25% |
| Ashley Heath | 7,151 | 5.9 mi | 60.6 | 42% | 16% |
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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.
- “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 Chalbury Common’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 Chalbury Common’s residents
What is the population of Chalbury Common?
The 2021 Census counted 158 people in Chalbury Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chalbury Common?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chalbury Common?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chalbury Common?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.2% didn’t answer.
Is Chalbury Common good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chalbury Common’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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