Photo: Brian Robert Marshall · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children: 38%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Whitmore’s population at 137, in 50 households. For Whitmore, the census puts households in detached houses at 2%. Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Whitmore has 6%.
Above 86% of UK towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
17% of Whitmore is 65 or over, against 25% across Dorset’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The median age locally is 45.4, higher than in 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 91% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 2.2%, Whitmore is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 10% of households
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 Whitmore the average household is 2.7 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2% of households have no car or van
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
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 3.7% in Whitmore. Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%) and in Africa (1.5%).
Whitmore: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 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 Whitmore · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
40% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. For Whitmore, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 47%.
13% of residents give unpaid care, 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
The share of adults who have never married trails 71% of UK towns: 29%. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 55% of the total.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 25%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Whitmore, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 22% have no qualification at all (18%).
Whitmore is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmore | 137 | — | 45.4 | 17% | 38% |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 1.7 mi | 49 | 28% | 26% |
| Three Legged Cross | 1,129 | 2.3 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 29% |
| Alderholt | 2,868 | 4.2 mi | 50.4 | 25% | 27% |
| West Moors | 10,432 | 4.5 mi | 56.5 | 38% | 19% |
| Ashley Heath | 7,151 | 4.7 mi | 60.6 | 42% | 16% |
| Ferndown | 13,267 | 5.5 mi | 58.6 | 40% | 17% |
| Sandleheath | 1,546 | 5.7 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 26% |
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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 Whitmore’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 Whitmore’s residents
What is the population of Whitmore?
The 2021 Census counted 137 people in Whitmore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whitmore?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whitmore?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whitmore?
40% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Whitmore good for families?
38% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whitmore’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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