Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Bishopsteignton is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 62
16% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The census found that 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Bishopsteignton. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 97% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 2,271 residents and 1,062 households here.
What the Census says about Bishopsteignton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bishopsteignton’s residents are under 62 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 45% 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).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 45%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
5.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 94% 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 2.5% in Bishopsteignton and 4.3% across England’s towns. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone here.
Only 8% of households have no car or van in Bishopsteignton
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
The share of households in flats trails nearly four fifths of UK towns: 5.7%. Bishopsteignton has fewer households in terraced houses than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 16%. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
In Bishopsteignton, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
4.6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.6%), then in Africa (0.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 88% 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: 96% of Bishopsteignton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.1%). At 34%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 84% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
Bishopsteignton ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 18%
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
The share of married adults and civil partners is 58%, against 44% across England’s towns. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Bishopsteignton, one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Bishopsteignton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Bishopsteignton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | — | 62 | 45% | 16% |
| Shaldon | 1,717 | 1.6 mi | 60.7 | 42% | 16% |
| Teignmouth | 15,314 | 1.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 21% |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 2.2 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 3.3 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 3.8 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Dawlish | 11,800 | 4 mi | 52 | 30% | 20% |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 4.4 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Bishopsteignton’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 Bishopsteignton’s residents
What is the population of Bishopsteignton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,271 people in Bishopsteignton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bishopsteignton?
The median age was 62 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 45% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bishopsteignton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bishopsteignton?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bishopsteignton good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bishopsteignton’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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