Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 92% of households
By its share of residents with no religion (56%), Dundry is above 98% of UK towns. On married adults and civil partners, Dundry sits higher than 97% of UK towns: 59%. There were 113 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 275 residents. For Dundry, the census puts households in terraced houses at 0.9%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of UK towns: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 47.3, Dundry is older than 71% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Below 73% of UK towns: 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Dundry, 47% and 9.7%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
Dundry sits below 90% of UK towns for one-person households (24%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Dundry the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Locally, 31% of households have dependent children. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 65% of UK towns.
Only 3.5% of households have no car or van in Dundry
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
By its share of households in flats (2.7%), Dundry is below 95% of UK towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 92% of UK towns, at 2.9%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%) and in EU countries (0.4%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns.
37% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 96% 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 Dundry · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.4%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Dundry sits higher than two thirds of UK towns: 94%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 23%
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
With unpaid carers at 6.7%, Dundry is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 5 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Dundry, 7.9%, while 48% hold one at degree level (34%).
Dundry sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundry | 275 | — | 47.3 | 28% | 31% |
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | 2.4 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 37% |
| Chew Magna | 1,249 | 2.6 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 3.5 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 4.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Bristol | 425,196 | 4.7 mi | 33.9 | 13% | 26% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 4.8 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 5.7 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Somerset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Somerset (or England), summed the same way as Dundry’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 Dundry’s residents
What is the population of Dundry?
The 2021 Census counted 275 people in Dundry’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dundry?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dundry?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dundry?
56% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Dundry good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dundry’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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