Photo: Poliphilo · CC0Winfrith Newburgh is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.8
The figure for households with dependent children is 19% in Winfrith Newburgh and 29% across England’s towns. The village had 310 residents in 143 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 5.6%. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here, more than in 85% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns, at 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Fewer full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 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%.
38% of Winfrith Newburgh’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 22% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Winfrith Newburgh households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 79% 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, Winfrith Newburgh has 2.1%. Here, a third of households are one person living alone.
9.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 59% 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
Here 22% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Winfrith Newburgh has fewer households in detached houses than 51% of UK towns, at 29%. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
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 (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 52% of UK towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
Winfrith Newburgh ranks above 75% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 45%
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 Winfrith Newburgh · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 53%, against 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Next after White British come Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Chinese (0.3%).
29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 77% 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 make up 9.9% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Higher than in 60% of UK towns: 49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Winfrith Newburgh’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Winfrith Newburgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfrith Newburgh | 310 | — | 53.8 | 32% | 19% |
| Wool | 5,044 | 3.2 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 3.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 24% |
| Puddletown | 1,193 | 6.7 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 6.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Wareham | 5,876 | 7.2 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 21% |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 8.1 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 8.1 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 23% |
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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 Winfrith Newburgh’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 Winfrith Newburgh’s residents
What is the population of Winfrith Newburgh?
The 2021 Census counted 310 people in Winfrith Newburgh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winfrith Newburgh?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winfrith Newburgh?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winfrith Newburgh?
45% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.6% didn’t answer.
Is Winfrith Newburgh good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winfrith Newburgh’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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