Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Chivenor and Wrafton is under 31.9, younger than 98% of UK towns
Households in terraced houses: 38% here and 24% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,953 residents in Chivenor and Wrafton, living in 635 households. One-person households: 22% of the total. 39% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a lower share than in 93% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chivenor and Wrafton’s people
A village of families
41% of Chivenor and Wrafton’s 635 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Chivenor and Wrafton’s residents are under 31.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 16% are 15 to 24 and 9.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 37% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 98% of UK towns: 9.8% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 16% in Chivenor and Wrafton. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
Here 6.7% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Chivenor and Wrafton ranks above 98% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 41%
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.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The wider picture: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Chivenor and Wrafton, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A lower share of households in flats than 60% of UK towns, at 9%
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
Little separates the share of households in detached houses here, 21%, from the figure across England’s towns. 14% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 56% of UK towns. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
11% born outside the UK, more than in 78% of UK towns
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for nearly a quarter of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 96% of residents have English as their main language.
Chivenor and Wrafton ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 51%
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: 87% of Chivenor and Wrafton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 87% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%. What’s more, on residents who describe themselves as Christian, Chivenor and Wrafton sits lower than 96% of UK towns: 37%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Caribbean (1.3%).
Chivenor and Wrafton: 46% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Chivenor and Wrafton comes in at 7.3%. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Chivenor and Wrafton’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. A levels are as far as 25% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Every neighbour of Chivenor and Wrafton has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | — | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Braunton | 6,610 | 1.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 24% |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 1.7 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 2.4 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 3.7 mi | 56.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 3.9 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Northam | 5,191 | 4.8 mi | 55.8 | 36% | 19% |
| Westward Ho! | 3,468 | 5.4 mi | 58 | 38% | 15% |
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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 Chivenor and Wrafton’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 Chivenor and Wrafton’s residents
What is the population of Chivenor and Wrafton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,953 people in Chivenor and Wrafton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chivenor and Wrafton?
The median age was 31.9 at the 2021 Census. 16% of residents were 15 to 24 and 9.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chivenor and Wrafton?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chivenor and Wrafton?
51% said they had no religion and 37% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Chivenor and Wrafton good for families?
41% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chivenor and Wrafton’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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