Photo: Fabian Musto · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.3: Dymock is older than 94% of UK towns
In Dymock, just over a fifth of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. At 11%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 85% of UK towns. 588 residents in 259 households: that is Dymock at the 2021 Census.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of UK towns: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Dymock, 8.7%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 94% of UK towns: 3.5%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Dymock. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 77% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
One-person households make up 33%, against 30% across England’s towns. Dymock has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than half of UK towns, at 2.3%.
Dymock: 45% of households live in a detached house, above 85% 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
Dymock has fewer households in flats than 50% of UK towns, at 11%. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 97% in Dymock, less than in 60% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 6.1% here, fewer than in 52% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 89% 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: 93% of Dymock · Gloucestershire’s towns 87% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in 58% of UK towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and African (0.5%).
Below 82% of UK towns: 27% 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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 52% in Dymock and 44% across England’s towns. 13 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Dymock’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Dymock is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dymock | 588 | — | 53.3 | 30% | 22% |
| Newent | 5,360 | 3.7 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Ledbury | 8,344 | 4.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 20% |
| Corse | 1,217 | 5.7 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 28% |
| Huntley | 1,152 | 7.4 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 26% |
| Ross-on-Wye | 10,993 | 7.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 22% |
| Moor End | 1,168 | 7.5 mi | 18.6 | 7.9% | 19% |
| Colwall Stone | 1,857 | 7.7 mi | 57.3 | 37% | 18% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Dymock’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 Dymock’s residents
What is the population of Dymock?
The 2021 Census counted 588 people in Dymock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dymock?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dymock?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 87% across Gloucestershire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dymock?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Dymock good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dymock’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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