Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0Owermoigne is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.9
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 69% of households live in a detached house here. Owermoigne’s 159 households held 359 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 32%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 90% of UK towns.
37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
A student village: 5.4% of adults study full-time
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 Owermoigne, two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 12%, more than in 89% of UK towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 20% of households have dependent children in Owermoigne
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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. The share of one-person households stands at 21%. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Owermoigne sits below 98% of UK towns for households without a car or van (5.7%)
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
5.1% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. In one household in 18 there is no car or van.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 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 EU countries (3.9%) and in Africa (2.2%). Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 71% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Owermoigne, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 88% 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: 96% of Owermoigne · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.3%).
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
Unpaid carers: 10%, above 73% of UK towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 21% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 37% of Owermoigne’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Owermoigne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owermoigne | 359 | — | 58.9 | 37% | 20% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 2.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Wool | 5,044 | 5 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 5.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 5.8 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Weymouth | 55,540 | 6.9 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 7.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 7.7 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Owermoigne’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 Owermoigne’s residents
What is the population of Owermoigne?
The 2021 Census counted 359 people in Owermoigne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Owermoigne?
The median age was 58.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Owermoigne?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Owermoigne?
32% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.4% didn’t answer.
Is Owermoigne good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Owermoigne’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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