Photo: Richard Knights · CC BY-SA 2.04.7% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
In Broadhempston, 13% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. On the census count, 22% of households are one person living alone. Households in flats are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. The village counted 740 residents and 294 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% in Broadhempston, less than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
25% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. With a median age of 49.7, Broadhempston is older than 83% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.3% of adults are full-time students in Broadhempston
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Broadhempston has 43% and 13%. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 11%.
Larger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns: 29%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.8% in Broadhempston.
More detached houses than 93% of UK towns: 54% of households
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
21% of households live in a terraced house.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%) or in EU countries (1.6%). 6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Broadhempston, 49% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 91% 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 Broadhempston · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.1%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 84% of UK towns. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Broadhempston, 41%.
Married adults and civil partners make up 59% in Broadhempston, more than in 96% 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
The share of adults who have never married trails 94% of UK towns: 25%. 24 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
49% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 49% of its adults qualified to degree level, Broadhempston compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Broadhempston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadhempston | 740 | — | 49.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Denbury | 1,482 | 2.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | 2.2 mi | 54.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 3.6 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 23% |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 3.6 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 20% |
| Ashburton | 3,368 | 3.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Buckfastleigh | 2,720 | 4.1 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 4.5 mi | 54 | 31% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Broadhempston’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 Broadhempston’s residents
What is the population of Broadhempston?
The 2021 Census counted 740 people in Broadhempston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broadhempston?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broadhempston?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Broadhempston?
49% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.3% didn’t answer.
Is Broadhempston good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broadhempston’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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