Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.8: Hazelbury Bryan is older than 98% of UK towns
One-person households: 23%, below 94% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 737 residents and 333 households in Hazelbury Bryan. 3.6% of households have no car or van. At 31%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 92% of UK towns.
In Hazelbury Bryan, 36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 5%, Hazelbury Bryan is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.3%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over two fifths of Hazelbury Bryan’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Hazelbury Bryan, 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 97% of UK towns: 18% of households have dependent children
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.
3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Households in flats make up 0.6% in Hazelbury Bryan, less than in 99% of UK towns
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
64% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Hazelbury Bryan: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 75% 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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 5.5% in Hazelbury Bryan and 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 64% in Hazelbury Bryan, more than in 98% 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: 95% of Hazelbury Bryan · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 95% in Hazelbury Bryan. The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Chinese (0.4%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 23 people. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 18% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 10% in Hazelbury Bryan.
39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of adults in Hazelbury Bryan (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Older than Hazelbury Bryan: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelbury Bryan | 737 | — | 57.8 | 36% | 18% |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 5 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Shillingstone | 1,165 | 5.5 mi | 52.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 5.9 mi | 55.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 6.3 mi | 60.3 | 42% | 17% |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 7.1 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 7.2 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 16% |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 7.5 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
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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 Hazelbury Bryan’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 Hazelbury Bryan’s residents
What is the population of Hazelbury Bryan?
The 2021 Census counted 737 people in Hazelbury Bryan’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hazelbury Bryan?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hazelbury Bryan?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hazelbury Bryan?
31% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hazelbury Bryan good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hazelbury Bryan’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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