Photo: John Stephen · CC BY-SA 2.0Chideock is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 63
The share of households with dependent children is 11%, against 29% across England’s towns. Here, 55% of households live in a detached house. Households in flats are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. Chideock counted 700 residents and 343 households at the 2021 Census.
In Chideock, 47% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.2% in Chideock and 12% across England’s towns. On average, 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 Chideock, 2.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 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%.
7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Chideock households average 2 people, smaller than in 97% 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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households: 29% of the total.
Chideock ranks below 87% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 11%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Chideock has 9.4%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 95% 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 (2.6%) and in Africa (1.1%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in 60% of UK towns: 5.4%. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%
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 Chideock · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Chideock has 95%. 35% of residents said they have no religion. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
For 20 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. On married adults and civil partners, Chideock sits higher than 97% of UK towns: 59%. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. One in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Chideock, 35%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Chideock are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chideock | 700 | — | 63 | 47% | 11% |
| Bridport | 12,294 | 2.7 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 17% |
| Charmouth | 1,337 | 3.6 mi | 61.8 | 46% | 16% |
| Bradpole | 1,257 | 3.7 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Lyme Regis | 3,741 | 5.2 mi | 59.9 | 40% | 16% |
| Uplyme | 1,053 | 5.9 mi | 54 | 29% | 25% |
| Beaminster | 2,995 | 6.4 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 17% |
| Axminster | 6,094 | 8.4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Chideock’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 Chideock’s residents
What is the population of Chideock?
The 2021 Census counted 700 people in Chideock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chideock?
The median age was 63 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chideock?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chideock?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Chideock good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chideock’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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