Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 0.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Christow
In Christow, 41% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 49% locally. On married adults and civil partners, Christow sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 58%. The village’s 281 households held 681 residents at the 2021 Census.
A median age of 49: Christow is older than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over (England’s towns: 18%). On residents aged 15 to 24, Christow sits higher than 53% of UK towns: 9.9%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 58% of UK towns: 8.3%
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%.
46% of Christow’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns. Across Christow, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer one-person households than 95% of UK towns: 22%
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 average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 26%. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 2.1%, fewer than in 62% of UK towns.
Below 91% of UK towns: 8.2% of households have no car or van
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Christow comes in at 18%. About one household in 12 lives without a car or van.
In Christow, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%), then in EU countries (1.6%). Lower than in 57% of UK towns: 5.7% of residents were born outside the UK.
Residents with no religion: 49%, a higher share than 90% 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: 93% of Christow · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1% of residents are Muslim. Higher than in 61% of UK towns: 93% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Christow, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 92% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 17 residents. Christow has more unpaid carers than 69% of UK towns, at 10%. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
47% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 47% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Christow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christow | 681 | — | 49 | 26% | 26% |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 4.2 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Bovey Tracey | 6,241 | 4.5 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 4.8 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | 5.1 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 5.9 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 6.5 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Exminster | 4,388 | 7 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 31% |
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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 Christow’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 Christow’s residents
What is the population of Christow?
The 2021 Census counted 681 people in Christow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Christow?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Christow?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Christow?
49% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Christow good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Christow’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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