Photo: Roger A Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Bishop's Tawton is over 51.7
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97%, against 73% across England’s towns. For Bishop's Tawton, the census puts households in flats at 2.9%. 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 89% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 756 residents in 346 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% in Bishop's Tawton, less than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 29% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Set beside that, 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 87 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.
Only 4.6% of adults are full-time students in Bishop's Tawton
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 36% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Bishop's Tawton, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 85% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 27%, fewer than in three quarters of UK towns. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A village of detached houses: 47% of households live in one
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 13% of households have no car or van here. Still, 2.9% of households live in a flat, less than in 93% of UK towns; 47% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 30% of households live in a terraced house.
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 3.9% in Bishop's Tawton. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%) and in EU countries (1.3%).
In Bishop's Tawton, 45% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 76% 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 Bishop's Tawton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Bishop's Tawton. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Bishop's Tawton sits below 97% of UK towns for adults who have never married (23%)
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 13. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 11% here, more than in 86% of UK towns.
32% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Bishop's Tawton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have none (18%).
Older than Bishop's Tawton: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Tawton | 756 | — | 51.7 | 29% | 23% |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 1.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Landkey | 2,001 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 28% |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 2.6 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 4.1 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 5 mi | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Braunton | 6,610 | 6.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 24% |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 6.6 mi | 56.6 | 34% | 17% |
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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 Bishop's Tawton’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 Bishop's Tawton’s residents
What is the population of Bishop's Tawton?
The 2021 Census counted 756 people in Bishop's Tawton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bishop's Tawton?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bishop's Tawton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bishop's Tawton?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Bishop's Tawton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bishop's Tawton’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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