Photo: PaleCloudedWhite · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in terraced houses: 0.8%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, above 95% of UK towns. On the census count, 8.4% of households have no car or van. The median age in Winterborne Stickland is 46.9, higher than in just over two thirds of UK towns. 308 residents in 131 households: that is Winterborne Stickland at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a lower share than 57% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Winterborne Stickland, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Winterborne Stickland sits above 66% of UK towns for full-time students (5.2%)
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of UK towns: 6.1%
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.
At 29%, the share of households with dependent children is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each. Few places have so few one-person households: 28% here, fewer than in 64% of UK towns.
Only 8.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Winterborne Stickland
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
26% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 100% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 70% of UK towns: 4.5% of residents were born outside the UK.
Above 72% of UK towns: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Stickland · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Winterborne Stickland has 44%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
10% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 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
Married people and civil partners make up 46% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 14 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Winterborne Stickland (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 23% (England’s towns: 18%).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Winterborne Stickland are older
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 Stickland | 308 | — | 46.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Shillingstone | 1,165 | 3.5 mi | 52.9 | 29% | 22% |
| Blandford Forum | 11,805 | 3.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 24% |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,084 | 4.1 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 25% |
| Child Okeford | 1,159 | 4.9 mi | 60.3 | 42% | 17% |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,090 | 5 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 21% |
| Pimperne | 2,770 | 5.6 mi | 32.9 | 16% | 36% |
| Bere Regis | 1,320 | 6.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Stickland’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 Stickland’s residents
What is the population of Winterborne Stickland?
The 2021 Census counted 308 people in Winterborne Stickland’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Winterborne Stickland?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winterborne Stickland?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winterborne Stickland?
44% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.9% didn’t answer.
Is Winterborne Stickland good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winterborne Stickland’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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