Photo: Nigel Mykura · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Longburton is over 55.8, older than 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Longburton, 20%. For Longburton, the census puts adults who have never married at 21%. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 96% of UK towns: 6.5%. Its 230 households held 525 residents at the 2021 Census.
Above 97% of UK towns: 35% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 12% of residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
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%.
In Longburton, 40% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. For Longburton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 12%.
One-person households: 25%, a lower share than 85% 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 figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3% in Longburton and 4.3% across England’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. Households here average 2.3 people each.
70% of households live in a detached house, more 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Longburton has 3%. One household in every 11 has no car or van. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 81% of UK towns: 99%
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 EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in just over half of UK towns.
No religion: 29% of residents, a lower share than 95% 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: 93% of Longburton · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 60% in Longburton. In Longburton, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
63% 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
Here, 9.3% of residents give unpaid care. 21% of Longburton’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 63% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Longburton counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Longburton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longburton | 525 | — | 55.8 | 35% | 20% |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 2.4 mi | 50.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 4 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 5.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 6.2 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 6.3 mi | 55.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 6.3 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 6.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 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 Longburton’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 Longburton’s residents
What is the population of Longburton?
The 2021 Census counted 525 people in Longburton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longburton?
The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longburton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longburton?
29% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Longburton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longburton’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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