Photo: Roger A Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.5: Bratton Fleming is older than 93% of UK towns
The share of households in flats is 1.4%, against 23% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 863 residents in Bratton Fleming, living in 368 households. Households without a car or van account for 8%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Bratton Fleming sits higher than 91% of UK towns: 96%.
31% of residents are 65 or over, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Bratton Fleming has 9.1%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Bratton Fleming sits below 57% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (8.4%)
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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.9% in Bratton Fleming. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.6%, a lower share than 87% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Bratton Fleming has 29%. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. Census figures put households with dependent children at 26% here.
Bratton Fleming sits above 84% of UK towns for households in detached houses (44%)
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Bratton Fleming comes in at 22%. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 81% of UK towns: 3.7%
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
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 99% in Bratton Fleming and 90% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 74% of UK towns: 45%
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 Bratton Fleming · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Bratton Fleming, 45%. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.3%), Indian (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 83% of UK towns: 27%
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care in Bratton Fleming. Here, 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
32% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Bratton Fleming’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
Bratton Fleming 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratton Fleming | 863 | — | 52.5 | 31% | 26% |
| Landkey | 2,001 | 5 mi | 46 | 24% | 28% |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 5.9 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Combe Martin | 2,707 | 6.7 mi | 54.6 | 33% | 21% |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 7.5 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 21% |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 8.7 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 8.9 mi | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Chambercombe | 1,502 | 9.1 mi | 51.5 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Bratton Fleming’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 Bratton Fleming’s residents
What is the population of Bratton Fleming?
The 2021 Census counted 863 people in Bratton Fleming’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bratton Fleming?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bratton Fleming?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bratton Fleming?
45% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Bratton Fleming good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bratton Fleming’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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