Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0A lower share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 20%
Households in detached houses: 57%, above 95% of UK towns. Clyst St Mary has fewer households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns, at 6%. Census day 2021: 1,193 residents and 467 households locally. On the census count, nearly a third of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of UK towns: 8.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (25%), Clyst St Mary is above nearly three quarters of UK towns. Half of the village’s residents are over 46.2, older than in 63% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 3.8%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Clyst St Mary has 45% and 15%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Clyst St Mary, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Larger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6%, above just over three fifths of UK towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 88% of UK towns, at 3.9%
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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Clyst St Mary, 19%. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 58% of UK towns: 7.3% in Clyst St Mary
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 98% in Clyst St Mary and 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 77% of UK towns: 54%
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: 88% of Clyst St Mary · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 42% answered “no religion” and 54% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 88% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (8.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Chinese (0.8%).
Clyst St Mary sits above 97% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (59%)
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Locally, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of adults in Clyst St Mary (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Clyst St Mary
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 St Mary | 1,193 | — | 46.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Topsham | 4,193 | 1.6 mi | 55 | 37% | 17% |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 1.9 mi | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 2.7 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
| Exminster | 4,388 | 2.8 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 31% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 2.9 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Exton | 1,287 | 3.1 mi | 26 | 16% | 21% |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 3.2 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
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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 Clyst St Mary’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 St Mary’s residents
What is the population of Clyst St Mary?
The 2021 Census counted 1,193 people in Clyst St Mary’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clyst St Mary?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clyst St Mary?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clyst St Mary?
42% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Clyst St Mary good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clyst St Mary’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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