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54.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Axmouth is over 54.3, older than 96% of UK towns

0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. In 2021, the Census found 244 residents in Axmouth, living in 114 households. Here, 36% of households live in a terraced house. One-person households are more common here than in 87% of UK towns.

30%aged 65 or over 2.1%born abroad 114households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over make up 30% in Axmouth, more than in 91% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

AxmouthEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 9.5% in Axmouth. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 249.5%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6433%

65 and over30%

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Axmouth

England

WomenMen

About 86 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.

Students & newcomers

A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.4%

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

Full-time students2.4%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical4.3%

Semi-routine17%

Routine9.4%

Never worked or long-term unemployed7.1%

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Axmouth

7.8%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.4× England’s share

In Axmouth, just over a third of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 27% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Axmouth, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.8%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Households with dependent children: 16%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 15%Families with dependent children 16%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 0.9%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Axmouth

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person37%

2 people35%

3 people14%

4 people8%

5 or more5.3%

England’s towns.

The typical household size is 2.1 people. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

5.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 81% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Axmouth

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One50%

Two25%

Three or more14%

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 11% in Axmouth. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that a quarter of households live in a detached house locally.

Where people were born

Only 2.1% of Axmouth’s residents were born outside the UK

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%

Axmouth

2.1%

Devon’s towns

7.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.8%

Another main language, little or no English0%

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 99% of residents have English as their main language here. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 95% 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

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.6%

Asian0%

Mixed1.6%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Axmouth · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion44%

Christian45%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.2%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer10%

0%30%60%

By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (45%), Axmouth is below 79% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 44% of the total.

Relationships & caring

A smaller share of adults who have never married than 91% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership25%

Married or civil partnership51%

Separated0.9%

Divorced11%

Widowed11%

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

26residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.1%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more4.2%

Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; in Axmouth, 51%. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Axmouth, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 29% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications14%

Apprenticeship6.5%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level29%

AxmouthDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of adults in Axmouth (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).

Neighbours

Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Axmouth are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

SeatonColytonBeerUplymeLyme RegisAxminsterCharmouthAxmouth

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Axmouth	244	—	54.3	30%	16%
Seaton	7,429	1.1 mi	61	44%	14%
Colyton	1,938	1.9 mi	55.7	35%	19%
Beer	1,280	2.4 mi	54.9	34%	19%
Uplyme	1,053	4.3 mi	54	29%	25%
Lyme Regis	3,741	4.9 mi	59.9	40%	16%
Axminster	6,094	5.4 mi	46.8	27%	24%
Charmouth	1,337	6.6 mi	61.8	46%	16%

More about Axmouth’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Axmouth’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 Axmouth’s residents

What is the population of Axmouth?

The 2021 Census counted 244 people in Axmouth’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Axmouth?

The median age was 54.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Axmouth?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Axmouth?

44% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.

Is Axmouth good for families?

16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Axmouth’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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