Photo: Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Clyst Honiton is under 31.2, younger than 99% of UK towns
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6.2% of households have no car or van in Clyst Honiton. Across Clyst Honiton, two in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Higher than in 97% of UK towns: 5.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. In 2021, the Census found 1,030 residents locally, living in 405 households.
What the Census says about Clyst Honiton’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Clyst Honiton’s residents are under 31.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 7.6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village of families
37% of Clyst Honiton’s 405 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A village people move to
30% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.8 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
53% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 41% 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).
Clyst Honiton ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 7.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
At 12%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Clyst Honiton sits above 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (30%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 5.5%, more than in 73% of UK towns. For comparison, 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.
Households with dependent children: 37%, a higher share than 95% 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.
One-person households make up 17%, against 30% across England’s towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
Households in detached houses make up 39% in Clyst Honiton, more than in 73% of UK towns
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
26% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Across Clyst Honiton, 6.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Clyst Honiton sits below 83% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (94%)
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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up just over a fifth of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). The share of residents born outside the UK stands at 10%. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents with no religion make up 53% in Clyst Honiton, more than in 97% 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: 87% of Clyst Honiton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and African (1.4%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 91% of UK towns: 41%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Clyst Honiton has 87%.
47% of adults have never married, 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
Clyst Honiton sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 7.8%, about the same as across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 20 residents. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Clyst Honiton’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 8.5% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Clyst Honiton sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | — | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 0.9 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 1.9 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 29% |
| Clyst St Mary | 1,193 | 1.9 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 2.1 mi | 30.5 | 4.7% | 44% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 2.8 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Topsham | 4,193 | 3.4 mi | 55 | 37% | 17% |
| Exminster | 4,388 | 4.3 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 31% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Clyst Honiton’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 Clyst Honiton’s residents
What is the population of Clyst Honiton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,030 people in Clyst Honiton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clyst Honiton?
The median age was 31.2 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 7.6% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clyst Honiton?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clyst Honiton?
53% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Clyst Honiton good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clyst Honiton’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.