Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.6% of households
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 59%. With a median age of 50.1, Brampford Speke is older than 85% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 398 residents in 164 households.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10% in Brampford Speke, more than in 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Brampford Speke has 23%. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 61% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 9.2%, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 72% of UK towns: 25%
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: 3.1%, above 77% of UK towns. 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Households in terraced houses: 8.4%, a lower share than 92% 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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 93% of UK towns: 99%
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: 9.1%, above 70% of UK towns. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 75% of UK towns: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Brampford Speke · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (3.3%) and Indian (0.3%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 67% of UK towns. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Brampford Speke comes in at 92%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns: 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 8. On unpaid carers, Brampford Speke sits lower than 79% of UK towns: 8.2%. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
55% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Brampford Speke, 55% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (18%).
Brampford Speke is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampford Speke | 398 | — | 50.1 | 23% | 25% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 3.4 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 3.6 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 3.8 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 29% |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 4.2 mi | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 5.4 mi | 30.5 | 4.7% | 44% |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 5.6 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 32% |
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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 Brampford Speke’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 Brampford Speke’s residents
What is the population of Brampford Speke?
The 2021 Census counted 398 people in Brampford Speke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brampford Speke?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brampford Speke?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 9.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brampford Speke?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brampford Speke good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brampford Speke’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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