Church of St. Mary Magdalene · Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Chulmleigh is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 54.1
96% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). In 2021, the Census found 1,232 residents in Chulmleigh, living in 622 households. Here, 20% of households have dependent children. At 37%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 94% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chulmleigh’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Chulmleigh’s residents are under 54.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.8%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, below 82% 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Chulmleigh, 31% and 25%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. The census found that 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.3% in Chulmleigh, less than in 97% 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.
Households in Chulmleigh hold 2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%.
Below 79% of UK towns: 5.9% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Chulmleigh, 26%. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. On the census count, 38% of households live in a detached house. At 15%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 52% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 82% 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
Here 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
42% said they have no religion, more than in 56% 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 Chulmleigh · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.3%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 50% of UK towns: 50%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 80% 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
35 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Chulmleigh sits higher than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 10%. Set against 44% across England’s towns, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership locally.
Degree-level qualifications reach 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Chulmleigh’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Chulmleigh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | — | 54.1 | 33% | 20% |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 5.2 mi | 53 | 33% | 21% |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 6.7 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 7.2 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 7.3 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 23% |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 8.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 8.3 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 8.9 mi | 40 | 18% | 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 Chulmleigh’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 Chulmleigh’s residents
What is the population of Chulmleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 1,232 people in Chulmleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chulmleigh?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chulmleigh?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chulmleigh?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Chulmleigh good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chulmleigh’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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