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60.9Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 60.9: Worth Matravers is older than 99% of UK towns

Households in flats make up 1.6%, against 23% across England’s towns. On the census count, 13% of households have dependent children. At 58%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Worth Matravers’s population at 260, in 127 households.

41%aged 65 or over 6.1%born abroad 127households

Ages

A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 41%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Worth MatraversEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Worth Matravers has 7.7%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 156.1%

15 to 247.7%

25 to 4412%

45 to 6434%

65 and over41%

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Worth Matravers

England

WomenMen

About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

3.3% of adults are full-time students, below 97% 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

Full-time students3.3%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate8.2%

Small employers and self-employed20%

Supervisory and technical4.9%

Semi-routine13%

Routine8.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.3%

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Worth Matravers

17%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 17%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.8× England’s share

The share of residents who moved in within the year is 17%, against 11% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.

Households

Households here average 2.1 people, below 93% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 12%Families with dependent children 13%Couples and families, no young children 53%Shared houses and other 6.3%

Against Dorset’s towns and England’s towns

Worth Matravers

Dorset’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people48%

3 people14%

4 people7.9%

5 or more2.4%

England’s towns.

The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops 97% of UK towns: 6.3%. In Worth Matravers, 28% of households are one person living alone.

Homes & cars

A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 71%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Worth Matravers

Dorset’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.6%

One35%

Two38%

Three or more21%

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in terraced houses make up 10%, against 24% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 5.6% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.

Where people were born

99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 93% 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%

Worth Matravers

6.1%

Dorset’s towns

11%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.8%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.1% in Worth Matravers and 18% across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 66% of UK towns don’t reach

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

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.5%

Asian0%

Mixed1.2%

Black0.4%

Other1.5%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 93% of Worth Matravers · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion42%

Christian52%

Muslim0.4%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer5%

0%30%60%

Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Arab (0.8%). At 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 62% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here just over two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%.

Relationships & caring

15% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership23%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated2.5%

Divorced9.8%

Widowed6.9%

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

38residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 15%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week9.1%

20 to 49 hours2.4%

50 hours or more3.5%

Compared with 39% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. For 9 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications: held by 41% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship4.1%

A levels or similar20%

Degree level41%

Worth MatraversDorset’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Worth Matravers, 13%, while 41% hold one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Worth Matravers is older than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

SwanageWarehamSandfordUptonPooleWoolLytchett MatraversWorth Matravers

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Worth Matravers	260	—	60.9	41%	13%
Swanage	9,115	3.1 mi	56.4	35%	18%
Wareham	5,876	7.5 mi	52.6	32%	21%
Sandford	2,004	7.9 mi	52	29%	26%
Upton	8,401	9.5 mi	44.8	23%	28%
Poole	141,009	9.9 mi	44.6	23%	26%
Wool	5,044	10.7 mi	37.6	17%	33%
Lytchett Matravers	3,455	11.1 mi	48.8	28%	27%

More about Worth Matravers’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Worth Matravers’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 Worth Matravers’s residents

What is the population of Worth Matravers?

The 2021 Census counted 260 people in Worth Matravers’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Worth Matravers?

The median age was 60.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Worth Matravers?

93% 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 Worth Matravers?

42% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.

Is Worth Matravers good for families?

13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worth Matravers’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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