Danbury is mostly older homeowners with good incomes and big houses. Most households own their home. The typical resident is past 50. Incomes are high and a good share of people have degrees. Young adults and renters are a small minority, and very few people here are struggling.
The 2021 census gives Danbury a population of 7,091 in 2,886 households, and about 83% of those households own their home. About 7% rent privately and about 10% rent from a social landlord. With so few homes for rent, newcomers nearly all arrive as buyers, and most neighbours stay long enough to know about each other's planning applications.
The median age is 51, and only about 17% of residents are aged 25 to 44. That age group is the one that usually fills a village with prams and school runs. In Danbury it is a sixth of the population, and many of the village's younger adults are visiting their parents.
Household income is high. The Office for National Statistics models gross household income at about £73,000 for the financial year to March 2023, before tax and averaged across the slightly wider area around the village. For a population this old, part of that income is pensions and investments, not wages. The figure describes a household's money before the taxman has had his share, and it is several years old.
Families are a minority. About 22% of households are couples with children, and about 8% are lone parents. With half the homes having four bedrooms or more, many of those bedrooms are empty, kept for when the grandchildren visit.
The rest of the household picture shows the age profile. About 22% of households are one person living alone, and about 14% of all households are a single pensioner, which is part of that 22%. For a lot of Danbury households, the people who once filled the house have left home and the house has stayed the same size.
Education levels are mixed but lean high. About 37% of residents hold a degree, while about 14% have no formal qualifications, which fits a village with professionals of working age and an older generation who started work before degrees were common. Full-time students are about 1%. Without a college or campus, nobody has much reason to study here.
Danbury's population is one of its stronger points, if you are comfortable with an older and mostly well-off one. It is prosperous, mostly owner-occupied and over 50, and families with young children are in the minority.