Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of one-person households than 87% of UK towns: 35%
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Crediton’s 3,684 households held 7,971 residents at the 2021 Census. Households in flats account for 20%. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 24% here, more than in two thirds of UK towns.
What the Census says about Crediton’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% 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) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
+9% since 2011, a pace 56% of UK towns didn’t match
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Crediton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,600 people in 2011; 8,300 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+23%) and the 16 to 29 least (−10%). Mid-2021 to mid-2022 brought the biggest yearly rise, 150 people.
Half of Crediton is over 45.2, older than 55% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Crediton, 45.2. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
In Crediton, 4.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 66% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 30% of Crediton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 29%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% of the total.
25% of households have dependent children, below 69% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children.
Crediton sits above 72% of UK towns for households without a car or van (20%)
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Crediton has 22%. Locally, 29% of households live in a detached house. Every 5th household or so has no car or van.
96% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 68% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). More residents born outside the UK than in nearly three fifths of UK towns: 7.3%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 18% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns.
48% said they have no religion, more than in 88% 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 Crediton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Crediton has 93%. Still, this Devon town has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 78% of UK towns, at 45%. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.9%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.3%).
Adults who have never married: 34%, a higher share than 60% 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
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of adults in Crediton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 18% (England’s towns: 18%).
Of 424 UK towns its size (6,000 to 11,000 people), the 193rd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Crediton in age: Kippax (45.2), Meltham (45.2), Oswaldtwistle (45.3) and New Mills (45.3).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Crediton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crediton | 7,971 | — | 45.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 4.2 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 5.9 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 7 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 7.9 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 7.9 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 8.8 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 23% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 9 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
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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 Crediton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Crediton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,072 people in 2021, against 7,971 in the built-up area.
- 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 Crediton’s residents
What is the population of Crediton?
The 2021 Census counted 7,971 people in Crediton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,300 people in mid-2024, 9% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Crediton?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 55% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crediton?
93% 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 Crediton?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Crediton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crediton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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