Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households with dependent children than 90% of UK towns: 22%
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Bradworthy, 97%. With a median age of 49.8, Bradworthy is older than 84% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 724 residents here, living in 324 households. Census figures put households without a car or van at 10% locally.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns, at 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 78% of UK towns: 11%. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 77% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 12% in Bradworthy and 11% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 72% 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.
Bradworthy sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.4%, about the same as across England’s towns. More one-person households than in 69% of UK towns: 32%.
More households in detached houses than 87% of UK towns: 47%
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
18% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns. For Bradworthy, the census puts households in flats at 7.4%.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 88% 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
Residents born outside the UK make up 4%, against 18% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
45% of residents said they have no religion, a share 73% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Bradworthy · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Bradworthy, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 31%, a lower share than 60% 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
Unpaid carers: 8.8%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. The census found that 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Bradworthy.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 20% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Bradworthy’s adults: 20% with a degree-level qualification and 26% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Bradworthy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradworthy | 724 | — | 49.8 | 29% | 22% |
| Holsworthy | 3,472 | 6.2 mi | 43.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Stratton | 1,928 | 7.7 mi | 40.7 | 20% | 34% |
| Bude | 7,347 | 8.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 22% |
| Bideford | 19,493 | 11 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 11.2 mi | 47.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Westward Ho! | 3,468 | 11.6 mi | 58 | 38% | 15% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Bradworthy’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 Bradworthy’s residents
What is the population of Bradworthy?
The 2021 Census counted 724 people in Bradworthy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bradworthy?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bradworthy?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bradworthy?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bradworthy good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bradworthy’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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