Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.3: Piddletrenthide is older than 94% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 73% here and 21% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.9%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Piddletrenthide’s population at 375, in 162 households. Across Piddletrenthide, 17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. At 33%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 94% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 4.6%, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Piddletrenthide, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. At the same time, on households with dependent children, Piddletrenthide sits lower than 64% of UK towns: 26%. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.4 people.
3.8% of households have no car or van, fewer 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, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Piddletrenthide, 1.9%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 97% in Piddletrenthide, less than in 66% 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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK here. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 65%, a higher share than 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: 93% of Piddletrenthide · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (5.1%), Indian (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Piddletrenthide has 93%.
62% 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
For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Fewer unpaid carers than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 8.2%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
50% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Piddletrenthide’s adults: 50% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Piddletrenthide 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piddletrenthide | 375 | — | 53.3 | 33% | 26% |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 3.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 31% |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 4.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 4.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 6.1 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 6.2 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 6.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 8 mi | 49 | 27% | 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 Piddletrenthide’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 Piddletrenthide’s residents
What is the population of Piddletrenthide?
The 2021 Census counted 375 people in Piddletrenthide’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Piddletrenthide?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Piddletrenthide?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Piddletrenthide?
30% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Piddletrenthide good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Piddletrenthide’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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