Dunnington Lodge and Attached Stables and Coach House · Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Dunnington is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.4
Married adults and civil partners make up 57%, against 44% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,256 residents in 1,394 households. Locally, nearly three in five households live in a detached house. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Dunnington’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Dunnington’s residents are under 53.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 9.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Dunnington, 53.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 80% of UK towns: 7.3%
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%.
The share of full-time students is 6.7%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 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.
Below 82% of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Here, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 94% of UK towns: 7.5%
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 3.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison. On the census count, 12% of households have no car or van.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns, at 98%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 15%.
Residents with no religion: 33%, a lower share than 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: 94% of Dunnington · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Dunnington comes in at 94%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Chinese (0.7%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 96% 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
Some 78 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Lower than in 70% of UK towns: 8.6% of residents give unpaid care. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of Dunnington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 16% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 46th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Dunnington in age: South Brent (53.2), Carbis Bay (53.3), South Petherton (53.5) and Bosham (53.5).
Every neighbour of Dunnington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunnington | 3,256 | — | 53.4 | 34% | 24% |
| Osbaldwick | 2,313 | 2.2 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 21% |
| Stockton on the Forest | 1,018 | 2.4 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Heslington | 1,787 | 3.2 mi | 19.8 | 9.9% | 22% |
| Elvington | 1,271 | 3.3 mi | 45.4 | 17% | 33% |
| Stamford Bridge | 4,487 | 3.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 25% |
| Wilberfoss | 2,015 | 3.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 30% |
| Huntington | 12,420 | 3.9 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 23% |
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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.
- “North Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in North Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Dunnington’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 Dunnington’s residents
What is the population of Dunnington?
The 2021 Census counted 3,256 people in Dunnington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dunnington?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 94% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dunnington?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dunnington?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Dunnington good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dunnington’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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