Photo: Derek Voller · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 0.5%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Households without a car or van make up 7.6%, against 24% across England’s towns. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% of UK towns. Piddlehinton is home to 448 residents in 188 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Piddlehinton, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 69% of UK towns: 19%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in Piddlehinton is 45, higher than in 54% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Piddlehinton, 2.8% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.1%, below 96% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Piddlehinton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 81% 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.
27% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). For Piddlehinton, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.1%.
13% of households live in a terraced house, below 82% 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
With households in detached houses at 40%, Piddlehinton is ahead of 76% of UK towns on that count. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
Piddlehinton sits above 82% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) or in Africa (1.4%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. On residents born outside the UK, Piddlehinton sits lower than 58% of UK towns: 5.6%.
Piddlehinton ranks above 70% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 44%
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: 91% of Piddlehinton · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 91% in Piddlehinton and 73% across England’s towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51% of the total.
7.5% of residents give unpaid care, below 92% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 5 residents. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Fewer adults who have never married than in 62% of UK towns: 31%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
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 Piddlehinton, 43%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
Every nearby town is older than Piddlehinton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piddlehinton | 448 | — | 45 | 19% | 27% |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 2.7 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 31% |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 3.2 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 3.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 4.7 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 5.4 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 6.3 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 7.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Piddlehinton’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 Piddlehinton’s residents
What is the population of Piddlehinton?
The 2021 Census counted 448 people in Piddlehinton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Piddlehinton?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Piddlehinton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Piddlehinton?
44% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Piddlehinton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Piddlehinton’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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