Photo: Vieve Forward · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 59.1: Chardstock is older than 99% of UK towns
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 51% in Chardstock. At the 2021 Census, 287 people lived in the village, in 140 households. Here, 16% of households have dependent children. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 97%, more than in 98% of UK towns.
42% of Chardstock is 65 or over, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Chardstock has 6.6%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
Only 2.4% of adults are full-time students in Chardstock
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. Locally, 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 96% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 5%. Chardstock has more one-person households than 83% of UK towns, at 34%.
Few flats: only 1.4% of households in Chardstock live in one
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
Households without a car or van: 7.9% here and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. 20% of households live in a terraced house.
Fewer residents born abroad than 94% of UK towns: 2.8%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 100%, more than in 99% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 77% 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 Chardstock · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 40%, against 37% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 20%, a lower share than 99% 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
With married adults and civil partners at 60%, Chardstock is ahead of 98% of UK towns on that count. 1 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 9.2%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 56% of UK towns. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
33% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Chardstock’s adults: 33% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Chardstock
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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 Chardstock’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 Chardstock’s residents
What is the population of Chardstock?
The 2021 Census counted 287 people in Chardstock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chardstock?
The median age was 59.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chardstock?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chardstock?
40% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Chardstock good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chardstock’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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