Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 2.6%
23% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Unpaid carers account for 12%. At 7.5%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 929 residents in Blackawton, living in 384 households.
A median age of 48: Blackawton is older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Blackawton, 24%. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 17%, a higher share than 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Blackawton has 4.3%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 81% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.4%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Locally, 27% of households have dependent children.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 93% of UK towns: 55%
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
In Blackawton, 3.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. For Blackawton, the census puts households in terraced houses at 13%.
Above 96% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
4.9% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). The largest groups were born in Africa (1.6%) and in EU countries (1.5%). For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Blackawton ranks above 81% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%
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: 95% of Blackawton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Blackawton has 43%. By contrast, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Chinese (0.1%).
Blackawton sits above 93% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (57%)
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
Some 18 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 40% of adults
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 Blackawton, 11%, while 40% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Blackawton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackawton | 929 | — | 48 | 24% | 27% |
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 4 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 17% |
| Stoke Gabriel | 1,340 | 4.8 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 5.1 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 5.5 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 31% |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 5.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 23% |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 5.9 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 22% |
| Brixham | 17,839 | 7.7 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 18% |
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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 Blackawton’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 Blackawton’s residents
What is the population of Blackawton?
The 2021 Census counted 929 people in Blackawton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blackawton?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blackawton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blackawton?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Blackawton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blackawton’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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