Photo: Smalljim · CC BY-SA 3.0East Budleigh is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 60.2
Here 16% of households have dependent children, where the figure across England’s towns is 29%. At the same time, 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 90% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 706 residents and 334 households in East Budleigh. Locally, 54% of households live in a detached house.
42% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.2% of adults are full-time students in East Budleigh
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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in East Budleigh, 6.6%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 88% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
31% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.4%.
Few flats: only 3% of households in East Budleigh live in one
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: 9.4% here and 24% across England’s towns. Across East Budleigh, 17% of households live in a terraced house. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
Above 87% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in East Budleigh comes in at 5.5%. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
East Budleigh sits above 88% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (57%)
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: 95% of East Budleigh · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
38% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 95% in East Budleigh.
East Budleigh ranks below 97% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 23%
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
Some 22 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 12% of residents give unpaid care. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of East Budleigh’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: East Budleigh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Budleigh | 706 | — | 60.2 | 42% | 16% |
| Budleigh Salterton | 5,237 | 1.4 mi | 62 | 46% | 16% |
| Newton Poppleford | 1,918 | 3.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 3.7 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Exmouth | 35,502 | 3.8 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 22% |
| Sidmouth | 13,258 | 4.4 mi | 60.4 | 43% | 16% |
| Lympstone | 1,838 | 4.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Exton | 1,287 | 5 mi | 26 | 16% | 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 East Budleigh’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 East Budleigh’s residents
What is the population of East Budleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 706 people in East Budleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in East Budleigh?
The median age was 60.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is East Budleigh?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in East Budleigh?
38% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is East Budleigh good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on East Budleigh’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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