Photo: Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0Milborne St Andrew is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.7
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Milborne St Andrew has 5.5%. On one-person households, Milborne St Andrew sits lower than 95% of UK towns: 22%. There were 476 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 1,090 residents. The share of households in flats stands at 1.9%.
What the Census says about Milborne St Andrew’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Milborne St Andrew’s residents are under 52.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Milborne St Andrew ranks below 76% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.2%
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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Milborne St Andrew comes in at 7.7%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Milborne St Andrew, 21% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 91% 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.
In Milborne St Andrew, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% of households live in a detached house
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
By its share of households in terraced houses (13%), Milborne St Andrew is below just over four fifths of UK towns. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Milborne St Andrew ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2%
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
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 99% in Milborne St Andrew. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Milborne St Andrew, more than in 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: 97% of Milborne St Andrew · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 56%, more than in 85% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. There is little gap on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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
In Milborne St Andrew, 10% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, the village has fewer adults who have never married than 90% of UK towns, at 26%. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 30% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Milborne St Andrew’s adults: 30% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Milborne St Andrew is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | — | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 3.5 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 6 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Wool | 5,044 | 6.2 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,084 | 7.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 25% |
| Blandford Forum | 11,805 | 7.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 7.9 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 31% |
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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 Milborne St Andrew’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 Milborne St Andrew’s residents
What is the population of Milborne St Andrew?
The 2021 Census counted 1,090 people in Milborne St Andrew’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Milborne St Andrew?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Milborne St Andrew?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Milborne St Andrew?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Milborne St Andrew good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Milborne St Andrew’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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