Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of residents with no religion than 88% of UK towns, at 48%
Half of Cullompton’s residents are under 41.4, younger than in 73% of UK towns. Its 3,808 households held 8,895 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 28% of households live in a terraced house. The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3.1% in Cullompton and 4.3% across England’s towns.
What the Census says about Cullompton’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Cullompton at 7,700 in 2011 and 9,000 in 2024, up 18%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 81% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
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.
Faster growth than 81% of UK towns: Cullompton changed by +18% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Cullompton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,700 people in 2011; 9,000 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+35%) and the 16 to 29 least (−2%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2013: 290 more people.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 19% of residents are 65 or over here. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.3% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cullompton, 41.4. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Cullompton sits below 74% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)
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 work; in Cullompton, 30% and 29%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 59% of UK towns: 2.3 people each 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.
Households with dependent children make up 28%, against 29% across England’s towns. Across Cullompton, 30% of households are one person living alone.
12% of households live in a flat, more than in 57% 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
Households without a car or van: 14% here and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. In Cullompton, 30% of households live in a detached house.
Residents whose main language is English: 95%, a lower share than 79% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Nearly one in ten residents were born outside the UK, more than in 65% of UK towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 18% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
Cullompton sits below 81% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (44%)
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: 91% of Cullompton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91%, below nearly three fifths of UK towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (6%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.
Married adults and civil partners: 47%, a lower share than 58% 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
With adults who have never married at 33%, Cullompton is ahead of 54% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 228 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On unpaid carers, Cullompton sits lower than 56% of UK towns: 9.2%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Cullompton, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 18% have no qualification at all (18%).
Ranked by age, 108th youngest of 482 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Cullompton in age: Ashford Common (41.3), Shepton Mallet (41.4), Newtown (41.4) and Abersychan (41.4).
Cullompton is younger than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Cullompton’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. Cullompton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,807 people in 2021, against 8,895 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 Cullompton’s residents
What is the population of Cullompton?
The 2021 Census counted 8,895 people in Cullompton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 9,000 people in mid-2024, 18% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Cullompton?
The median age was 41.4 at the 2021 Census, younger than 73% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cullompton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cullompton?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cullompton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cullompton’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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