A civil parish in Dorset — West Stour, E04010504. Every figure below describes that area, except where it is labelled as a comparison, or as a figure for a neighbourhood or a wider area.
Residents
183
183 usual residents. This is the figure published for the civil parish of West Stour, not a sum of smaller areas.
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University
- Published as
- ONS Census 2021 (Nomis PP002), parish boundary as at December 2022
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- civil parish
ONS published this against the parish boundary current at December 2022. This place carries the same code in ONS's 2025 parish lookup, which attests that no statutory boundary change was made between those two vintages — not that the boundary has not moved, since a minor Ordnance Survey amendment is not recoded. Nor does the code show that no statutory change has been made since 2025. ONS plots properties by Unique Property Reference Number or postcode into the parish boundary; Nomis calls this UPRN-to-parish best-fit.
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Aged 65 or over
44%
121 of 272 residents, Census 2021
Aged 65 or over is the five oldest age bands in the census table, added together.
Compared with
- Dorset
- 30% 112,276 of 379,579 residents
- England
- 18% 10,401,303 of 56,490,048 residents
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS007A)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- civil parish — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS007A)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Dorset, local authority; England, country
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Households owning their home
84%
116 of 138 households, Census 2021
Compared with
- Dorset
- 70% 119,154 of 169,261 households
- England
- 61% 14,369,065 of 23,436,085 households
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS054)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- civil parish — measured at output area level and summed to this area
The categories are a hierarchy: some are subtotals of others, so they do not add to the total and summing them overstates it.
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS054)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Dorset, local authority; England, country
The categories are a hierarchy: some are subtotals of others, so they do not add to the total and summing them overstates it.
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Aged 16 or over with a Level 4 qualification or above
38%
97 of 255 residents, Census 2021
Level 4 is a higher national certificate or above, including a degree.
Compared with
- Dorset
- 31% 101,298 of 321,902 residents
- England
- 34% 15,606,458 of 46,006,955 residents
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS067)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- civil parish — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS067)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Dorset, local authority; England, country
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Health good or very good
87%
238 of 274 residents, Census 2021
Good or very good is two census categories added together.
Compared with
- Dorset
- 81% 306,233 of 379,579 residents
- England
- 82% 46,431,564 of 56,490,046 residents
- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS037)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- civil parish — measured at output area level and summed to this area
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- Source
- Nomis (ONS Census 2021, claimant count, ASHE, UK Business Counts), ONS / Durham University (TS037)
- Period
- 2021
- Area
- Dorset, local authority; England, country
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Crimes and anti-social behaviour recorded
2
September 2025 to August 2026
None of them was anti-social behaviour.
No Dorset or England figure is held yet.
- Source
- police.uk street-level crime and ASB data, Single Online Home National Digital Team
- Period
- 2025-09 to 2026-08
- Area
- civil parish
police.uk locations are anonymised snap points — an approximation of where the crime happened, not a precise location. Counts are of crimes and anti-social behaviour incidents recorded within the boundary, not a rate. The boundary is this place's own outline, simplified before it is queried: police.uk accepts a single shape of limited length, so the outline is reduced to at most 90 points. Where a place's boundary comes in more than one piece, only the largest piece is counted.
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Addresses within 1km of a green or blue space of at least 10 hectares
98%
160 of 164 addresses, 2026
No Dorset or England figure is held yet.
- Source
- Access to green and blue space in England, Defra
- Period
- 2026
- Area
- civil parish — measured at output area level and summed to this area
Official statistic in development. Percentages are recomputed from address counts, never averaged across output areas. The space type is held in the observation's category — Defra publishes three tables and they are not interchangeable.
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West Stour, by neighbourhood
Census 2021 output areas, and the civil parish boundary as the Office for National Statistics publishes it, December 2024. North is up.
The shaded area is the Census 2021 output area Ezra counts as West Stour, 8.2 km². It lies in part of one neighbourhood. The dashed line is the civil parish boundary, 3.5 km².
Output areas 2021Civil parish December 2024Area West Stour civil parish, E04010504
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- People 44% of residents are aged 65 or over 121 of 272 residents, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Identity Ethnic group, national identity, religion and main language. Census 2021
- Homes 84% of households own their home 116 of 138 households, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Work and skills 38% of residents aged 16 or over hold a Level 4 qualification or above 97 of 255 residents, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Health 87% of residents describe their health as good or very good 238 of 274 residents, Census 2021 Source: Office for National Statistics, from Nomis
- Benefits and low income
- Crime 2 crimes and no incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded September 2025 to August 2026 Source: police.uk street-level crime; boundary from Ordnance Survey, via the Office for National Statistics
- Deprivation The overall and seven domain ranks for each neighbourhood. 2025
- House prices and income House prices, incomes and businesses in the area West Stour sits in. Each figure's period is shown on the view
- Green space, flood risk and charities 98% of addresses are within 1km of a green or blue space of at least 10 hectares 160 of 164 addresses, 2026 Source: Defra, Access to green and blue space in England
About these figures
Why census totals differ between tables
The total number of residents or households is not identical in every census table published for West Stour. The Office for National Statistics makes small changes to the counts in each published table so that no person can be identified, and the totals of different tables can differ as a result. It says the differences should be small.
Source Office for National Statistics, Protecting personal data in Census 2021 resultsPeriod Released 9 March 2023Area England and Wales
How areas are named
Areas are named in plain words on the charts. Their official codes are kept for anyone who needs to match these figures to the publishers' own tables.
Names beginning “Around” are generated descriptions. Locality names use OS map display priority, then estimated resident totals assigned to the nearest locality from each output area’s representative point. Road names use road length weighted by output-area resident density. These estimates do not locate individual residents or establish recognised neighbourhood names.
Official area codes
| Named on these pages | Official code | Kind of area |
|---|---|---|
| West Stour | E04010504 | Civil parish |
| Around East Stour | E01020462 | Lower Layer Super Output Area |
| Gillingham Outer, Bourton & Motcombe (wider area) | E02004256 | Middle Layer Super Output Area |