Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Cheriton Fitzpaine ranks below 95% of UK towns on households in flats: 2.6%
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Cheriton Fitzpaine. The village’s 229 households held 531 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Cheriton Fitzpaine, 47% of households live in a detached house. On residents aged 65 and over, Cheriton Fitzpaine sits higher than just over four fifths of UK towns: 27%.
A median age of 49.5: Cheriton Fitzpaine is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 12% across England’s towns. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.6% in Cheriton Fitzpaine, less than in 91% 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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 6% of adults are full-time students in Cheriton Fitzpaine. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 27% here and 29% across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. One-person households account for 28%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 86% of UK towns, at 9.2%
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
13% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns.
Cheriton Fitzpaine ranks above 98% of UK towns on 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). On residents born outside the UK, Cheriton Fitzpaine sits lower than 73% of UK towns: 4.3%. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 53% in Cheriton Fitzpaine, more than in 72% 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: 94% of Cheriton Fitzpaine · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. For Cheriton Fitzpaine, the census puts residents with no religion at 41%.
Cheriton Fitzpaine: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 98% 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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 11% of residents give unpaid care in Cheriton Fitzpaine. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
33% of adults have qualifications at degree level
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 Fitzpaine, 14%, while 33% hold one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Cheriton Fitzpaine
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 Fitzpaine | 531 | — | 49.5 | 27% | 27% |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 4.3 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 5.7 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 6.4 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 6.6 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 6.6 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 7 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 8 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Fitzpaine’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 Fitzpaine’s residents
What is the population of Cheriton Fitzpaine?
The 2021 Census counted 531 people in Cheriton Fitzpaine’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cheriton Fitzpaine?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cheriton Fitzpaine?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cheriton Fitzpaine?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Cheriton Fitzpaine good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cheriton Fitzpaine’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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