Photo: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK · CC BY 2.0A median age of 52: Aveton Gifford is older than 92% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 519 residents in Aveton Gifford, living in 235 households. Here, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many households in terraced houses: 39% here, more than in 93% of UK towns.
Aveton Gifford ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over, a higher share than in 75% of UK towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 95% of UK towns: 3.5%
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%.
In Aveton Gifford, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Aveton Gifford, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 71% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 89% of UK towns, at 8.5%
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 nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison. Locally, 7.2% of households live in a flat or apartment.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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 Africa (1.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 58% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Aveton Gifford: 51% of residents said they have no religion, above 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: 97% of Aveton Gifford · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 39%, against 46% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns: 25%
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
11 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 84% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers is 10%, against 8.7% across England’s towns.
42% of adults have qualifications at degree level
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 Aveton Gifford, 12%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Aveton Gifford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aveton Gifford | 519 | — | 52 | 26% | 25% |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 1.7 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 31% |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 3.3 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 22% |
| Modbury | 1,687 | 3.4 mi | 50 | 26% | 23% |
| Salcombe | 1,583 | 5.9 mi | 58.7 | 38% | 13% |
| Ivybridge | 12,485 | 6.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 30% |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 6.8 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Yealmpton | 2,007 | 7.8 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 27% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Devon’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Devon (or England), summed the same way as Aveton Gifford’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 Aveton Gifford’s residents
What is the population of Aveton Gifford?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Aveton Gifford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aveton Gifford?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aveton Gifford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aveton Gifford?
51% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Aveton Gifford good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aveton Gifford’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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