Church of St Mary the Virgin · Photo: AJD · CC BY-SA 2.063% of households live in a detached house, more than in 98% of UK towns
6.1% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Cheriton Bishop had 754 residents and 302 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 50. Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. On unpaid carers, Cheriton Bishop sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 11%.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Cheriton Bishop is over 50
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 93% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Cheriton Bishop has 36% and 18%. On the census count, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 81% of UK towns: 2.4 people each 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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.3%, from the figure across England’s towns. On households with dependent children, Cheriton Bishop sits lower than 64% of UK towns: 26%.
1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 97% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 6.1% of households live in a terraced house here. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Cheriton Bishop sits above 79% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Cheriton Bishop it is 4.5%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 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 Cheriton Bishop · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Cheriton Bishop comes in at 38%. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. For Cheriton Bishop, the census puts residents who describe themselves as Christian at 53%.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% 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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 24. Fewer adults who have never married than in 88% of UK towns: 26%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Cheriton Bishop, 15%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Around Cheriton Bishop, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheriton Bishop | 754 | — | 50 | 26% | 26% |
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | 4.8 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Chagford | 1,107 | 5.6 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 18% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 5.7 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 5.8 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 5.8 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 8.2 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 8.7 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
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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 Cheriton Bishop’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 Cheriton Bishop’s residents
What is the population of Cheriton Bishop?
The 2021 Census counted 754 people in Cheriton Bishop’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cheriton Bishop?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cheriton Bishop?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cheriton Bishop?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Cheriton Bishop good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cheriton Bishop’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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