Photo: Philip Pankhurst · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Bodenham is over 58.4
In Bodenham, 18% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. The village had 670 residents in 318 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 6% of households live in a terraced house. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 27% of residents said they have no religion.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 41%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3% here and 12% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 87% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 93% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Bodenham comes in at 1.9%. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Bodenham ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 72%
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
1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. For comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, 7.5% of households have no car or van.
Only 4% of residents were born outside the UK in Bodenham
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 EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (0.6%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in three quarters of UK towns: 99%.
Bodenham sits above 98% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (65%)
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: 96% of Bodenham · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Bodenham, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
Only 18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Bodenham
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 share of married adults and civil partners tops 99% of UK towns: 62%. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Bodenham, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Bodenham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Bodenham are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodenham | 670 | — | 58.4 | 41% | 18% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 6.1 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 6.1 mi | 43.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Bromyard | 3,816 | 7 mi | 49.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 7.1 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 27% |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 7.4 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 8.7 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
| Clehonger | 1,218 | 10.1 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Bodenham’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 Bodenham’s residents
What is the population of Bodenham?
The 2021 Census counted 670 people in Bodenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bodenham?
The median age was 58.4 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bodenham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bodenham?
27% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Bodenham good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bodenham’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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