Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Dane End
The share of households without a car or van is 9.4%, against 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 56% in Dane End. With a median age of 46.5, Dane End is older than 65% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 602 residents in 248 households.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of UK towns: 12%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across Dane End, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Dane End ranks below 99% of UK towns on 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, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Dane End, 4%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 84% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hertfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.8%), Dane End is above 71% of UK towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 27%.
More households in terraced houses than 73% of UK towns: 26%
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
Here nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Locally, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Dane End ranks above 80% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%) and in Africa (1.5%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.7%, fewer than in 68% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 71% of UK towns: 53%
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 Dane End · Hertfordshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Caribbean (0.5%).
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 64% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
For 19 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.3%, from the figure across England’s towns.
30% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Dane End’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 30% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Dane End, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane End | 602 | — | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| Watton at Stone | 2,614 | 2.6 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 32% |
| Puckeridge and Standon | 3,861 | 3.5 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 32% |
| Walkern | 1,367 | 4.1 mi | 43.8 | 17% | 33% |
| Datchworth | 1,179 | 4.3 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 23% |
| Ware | 19,631 | 4.5 mi | 41.7 | 18% | 28% |
| Buntingford | 7,877 | 5.2 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 35% |
| Woolmer Green | 1,409 | 5.2 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hertfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hertfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Dane End’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 Dane End’s residents
What is the population of Dane End?
The 2021 Census counted 602 people in Dane End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dane End?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dane End?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across Hertfordshire’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dane End?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Dane End good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dane End’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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