Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bampton is over 58.1, older than 99% of UK towns
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 97% in Bampton and 73% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,294 residents locally, living in 617 households. Census figures put adults who have never married at 24% locally. More one-person households than in 91% of UK towns: 36%.
What the Census says about Bampton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bampton’s residents are under 58.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 39% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
39% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6%, below 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
2.3% of adults are full-time students, below 99% of UK towns
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Bampton. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Fewer households with dependent children than 97% of UK towns: 18%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Bampton, 2. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Here, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in terraced houses make up 31% in Bampton, more than in 85% of UK towns
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
6% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Locally, 14% of households have no car or van. Higher than in 53% of UK towns: 30% of households live in a detached house. Elsewhere, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Bampton, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Bampton comes in at 4.2%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%, a higher share than 65% 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 Bampton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Bampton comes in at 40%. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.2%).
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 73% of UK towns
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
At 8.1%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. 32 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 34% of adults in Bampton, 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Bampton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bampton | 1,294 | — | 58.1 | 39% | 18% |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 5.7 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 6.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Willand | 3,477 | 8.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 8.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 9.1 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 10.2 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Milverton | 1,112 | 10.5 mi | 53.9 | 30% | 22% |
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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 Bampton’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 Bampton’s residents
What is the population of Bampton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,294 people in Bampton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bampton?
The median age was 58.1 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bampton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bampton?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Bampton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bampton’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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