Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Stalbridge is over 55.6
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Stalbridge, 20%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 61% here, more than in 95% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,367 people lived in the village, in 1,100 households. In Stalbridge, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Stalbridge’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Stalbridge’s residents are under 55.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 35% 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).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Stalbridge, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. At 6.9%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Typically, 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 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Stalbridge, 2.7% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stalbridge has 28% and 28%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 9.1%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Stalbridge households average 2.1 people, smaller than in 87% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Stalbridge has 1.7%. On the census count, nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
Below 85% of UK towns: 4.5% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Households in detached houses make up 31%, against 21% across England’s towns. Typically, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. 13% of households have no car or van. On households in terraced houses, Stalbridge sits lower than 62% of UK towns: 17%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By its share of residents born outside the UK (4.4%), Stalbridge is below 72% of UK towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) or in Africa (0.7%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 97% 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 Stalbridge · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Stalbridge has 33%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 88% of UK towns: 55%
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
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 9.9% in Stalbridge. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 25%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Stalbridge (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 20% (England’s towns: 18%).
Stalbridge sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | — | 55.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 1.4 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 2.8 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 16% |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 3.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 24% |
| Sturminster Newton | 3,565 | 3.8 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 4 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 6.4 mi | 50.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 6.7 mi | 60.3 | 42% | 17% |
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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 Stalbridge’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 Stalbridge’s residents
What is the population of Stalbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 2,367 people in Stalbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stalbridge?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stalbridge?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stalbridge?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Stalbridge good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stalbridge’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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