Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Culmstock sits below 93% of UK towns for households without a car or van (7.5%)
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 97%, Culmstock is ahead of 96% of UK towns on that count. Census day 2021: 675 residents and 285 households here. On the census count, 45% of households live in a detached house. Few places have so few one-person households: 26% here, fewer than in 78% of UK towns.
Older than 73% of UK towns: half of Culmstock is over 47.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. At 25%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 72% of UK towns. 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Culmstock sits below 88% of UK towns for full-time students (3.9%)
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%.
13% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Bigger households than 82% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
3.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. On the census count, 27% of households have dependent children.
Households in terraced houses make up 13% in Culmstock, less than in 82% 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 6.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Culmstock. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 share of residents born outside the UK is 3.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 59% of UK towns, at 42%
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: 97% of Culmstock · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Arab (0.3%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are scarce here: 49%, fewer than in 58% of UK towns.
Above 85% of UK towns: 11% of residents give unpaid care
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 19 residents. Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Culmstock has fewer adults who have never married than 69% of UK towns, at 30%. At the same time, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 52% here.
39% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Culmstock’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 39% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Culmstock, 2 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culmstock | 675 | — | 47.8 | 25% | 27% |
| Hemyock | 1,674 | 2.2 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 2.4 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Rockwell Green | 2,854 | 4 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 4.3 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Willand | 3,477 | 4.4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Wellington | 13,815 | 4.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 25% |
| Dunkeswell | 1,835 | 5 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 21% |
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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 Culmstock’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 Culmstock’s residents
What is the population of Culmstock?
The 2021 Census counted 675 people in Culmstock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Culmstock?
The median age was 47.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Culmstock?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Culmstock?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Culmstock good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Culmstock’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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