Dunfield: 36% of households have dependent children, above 95% of UK towns
0.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Dunfield had 393 residents in 151 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 6%. More married adults and civil partners than in 99% of UK towns: 70%.
In Dunfield, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Dunfield’s residents are under 43.3, younger than in nearly three in five UK towns. For Dunfield, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%. In Minchinhampton, the oldest of Gloucestershire’s towns by this measure, it is 34%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Dunfield sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Dunfield, 45% and 12%. 7.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 93% of UK towns. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 15% of households are one person living alone in Dunfield
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Gloucestershire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 95% of UK towns: 2.7%
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
57% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Dunfield, 18% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 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
7.1% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%
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: 93% of Dunfield · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Pakistani (1%). The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. In Dunfield, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
9 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Fewer unpaid carers than in 94% of UK towns: 7.2%. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 45%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Dunfield, 45%, and 8.6% have none, against 18%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 18%.
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Dunfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunfield | 393 | — | 43.3 | 20% | 36% |
| Fairford | 4,240 | 1.4 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 28% |
| Lechlade-on-Thames | 2,208 | 3.2 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 22% |
| Highworth | 7,932 | 4.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Cricklade | 4,030 | 5.3 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 24% |
| Broad Blunsdon | 6,507 | 5.5 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 39% |
| South Cerney | 3,998 | 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 29% |
| Stratton St Margaret | 20,689 | 7.6 mi | 46 | 22% | 25% |
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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.
- “Gloucestershire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Gloucestershire (or England), summed the same way as Dunfield’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 Dunfield’s residents
What is the population of Dunfield?
The 2021 Census counted 393 people in Dunfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dunfield?
The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dunfield?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dunfield?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Dunfield good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dunfield’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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