Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Yetminster is over 55.4
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (1.4%), Yetminster is below 94% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 887 people lived in the village, in 422 households. The share of households with dependent children stands at 18%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns.
Yetminster: 34% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.4% in Yetminster, less than in 96% 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%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Yetminster has 14%. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 94% 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.
By its share of one-person households (32%), Yetminster is above 65% of UK towns.
Below 80% of UK towns: 10% 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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Yetminster has 6.6%. Across England’s towns, households without a car or van come to 24%. Here, 42% of households live in a detached house. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 74% 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 Africa (2%) and in EU countries (1.9%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 6.4% here, more than in 51% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in Yetminster, more than in 91% 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: 94% of Yetminster · Dorset’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.8%), Other White (2.1%) and Chinese (0.1%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns: 24%
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
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. The census found that 9.6% of residents give unpaid care in Yetminster.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Yetminster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yetminster | 887 | — | 55.4 | 34% | 18% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 2.2 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 4.3 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 4.5 mi | 50.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 7.1 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Maiden Newton | 1,128 | 8.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 8.4 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 8.4 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
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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 Yetminster’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 Yetminster’s residents
What is the population of Yetminster?
The 2021 Census counted 887 people in Yetminster’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yetminster?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yetminster?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Dorset’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yetminster?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Yetminster good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yetminster’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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