Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Winterborne St Martin is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 63.6
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 16% of households have dependent children in Winterborne St Martin. Census figures put adults who have never married at 17% here. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 98% of UK towns: 97%. The village counted 484 residents and 238 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 47%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 4.6%, Winterborne St Martin is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 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.
Full-time students make up 2.3% in Winterborne St Martin, less 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8% in Winterborne St Martin and 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2 people per household, fewer than in 99% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.5% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households account for 36%.
43% of households live in a detached house, more than in 81% 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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Winterborne St Martin comes in at 9.6%. Here, just over one in ten households have no car or van. As a yardstick, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 85% of UK towns: 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
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.5%). Winterborne St Martin has fewer residents born outside the UK than 73% of UK towns, at 4.4%. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 76% of UK towns, at 54%
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 Winterborne St Martin · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 38% of residents said they have no religion in Winterborne St Martin. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 56%, a higher share than 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
15 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Higher than in 79% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Winterborne St Martin, 14%, while 44% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Winterborne St Martin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterborne St Martin | 484 | — | 63.6 | 47% | 16% |
| Dorchester | 21,358 | 2.7 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 23% |
| Charminster | 1,732 | 3 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 26% |
| Charlton Down | 1,487 | 4.2 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 31% |
| Chickerell | 3,973 | 5.4 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 27% |
| Weymouth | 55,540 | 5.9 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 21% |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 6.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Crossways | 2,494 | 7.6 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 Winterborne St Martin’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 Winterborne St Martin’s residents
What is the population of Winterborne St Martin?
The 2021 Census counted 484 people in Winterborne St Martin’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winterborne St Martin?
The median age was 63.6 at the 2021 Census. 4.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winterborne St Martin?
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 Winterborne St Martin?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Winterborne St Martin good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winterborne St Martin’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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