Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns, at 6.7%
The share of households with dependent children trails 90% of UK towns: 22%. Census day 2021: 1,168 residents and 530 households in Chudleigh Knighton. Across Chudleigh Knighton, 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. With a median age of 49.5, Chudleigh Knighton is older than 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chudleigh Knighton’s people
Many carers
133 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 97% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 85% of UK towns; 17% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Chudleigh Knighton
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with 8% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Full-time students: 3.6%, a lower share than 94% 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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Chudleigh Knighton, 6.8%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 76% of UK towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Here, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A smaller share of households in flats than 92% of UK towns: 3.2%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 30% of households live in a detached house in Chudleigh Knighton. Locally, 33% of households live in a terraced house. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.
3.1% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer 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
The share of residents whose main language is English tops 99% of UK towns: 100%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in Africa (0.9%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 96% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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 Chudleigh Knighton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Chudleigh Knighton, 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Higher than in 58% of UK towns: 42% of residents said they have no religion. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.2%).
Unpaid carers make up 12% in Chudleigh Knighton, more than in 97% 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
Half of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Chudleigh Knighton, 30%, and 20% have none, against 18%.
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Chudleigh Knighton are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | — | 49.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 1.6 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 1.8 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Bovey Tracey | 6,241 | 2.2 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 2.5 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 2.9 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 4.6 mi | 62 | 45% | 16% |
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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 Chudleigh Knighton’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 Chudleigh Knighton’s residents
What is the population of Chudleigh Knighton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,168 people in Chudleigh Knighton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chudleigh Knighton?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chudleigh Knighton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chudleigh Knighton?
42% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Chudleigh Knighton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chudleigh Knighton’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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