Photo: MickeyBubble365 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 5.9%
Here 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. There were 337 households in Denbury at the 2021 Census, home to 1,482 residents. One-person households account for 22%. At 32%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Denbury’s people
A village people move to
27% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Denbury is younger than 66% of UK towns: a median age of 42.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 25–29: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Here, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 69% of UK towns: 19%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
30% women, 70% men
About 42 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Full-time students make up 3.1% in Denbury, less than in 98% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 27% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Denbury. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 85% 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.
The figure for households with dependent children is 27% in Denbury and 29% across England’s towns. Across Denbury, 4.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More detached houses than 85% of UK towns: 45% of households
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
By its share of households in terraced houses (18%), Denbury is below 57% of UK towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
98% of residents have English as their main language, a share 69% of UK towns don’t reach
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.6%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 5.7%, fewer than in 57% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
45% of residents said they have no religion, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 92% of Denbury · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Mixed or multiple (2.2%), Other White (2%) and African (1.3%). To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Denbury comes in at 92%.
47% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.6%. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 30% of its adults qualified to degree level, Denbury compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Denbury
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denbury | 1,482 | — | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | 1.8 mi | 54.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 2 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 20% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 2.7 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 3.6 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 3.7 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Ashburton | 3,368 | 4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 4.2 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
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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 Denbury’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 Denbury’s residents
What is the population of Denbury?
The 2021 Census counted 1,482 people in Denbury’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Denbury?
The median age was 42.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Denbury?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Denbury?
45% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.7% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Denbury good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Denbury’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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