Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.2: East Ogwell is older than 97% of UK towns
3.7% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 98% of residents describe themselves as White British in East Ogwell. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 75% of households live in a detached house. Its 220 households held 516 residents at the 2021 Census.
36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 5.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in East Ogwell. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
2.3% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
9.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
23% of households have dependent children, below 87% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns. Locally, a quarter of households are one person living alone.
In East Ogwell, 3.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% 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
5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 93% of UK towns, at 99%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; East Ogwell has 4.3%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
East Ogwell ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%
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: 98% of East Ogwell · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%.
17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. For 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 9.4% of residents give unpaid care. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of East Ogwell’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
Around East Ogwell, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Ogwell | 516 | — | 56.2 | 36% | 23% |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 1.2 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 20% |
| Denbury | 1,482 | 1.3 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 1.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | 2.1 mi | 54.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 2.7 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 3 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 3.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
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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 Ogwell’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 Ogwell’s residents
What is the population of East Ogwell?
The 2021 Census counted 516 people in East Ogwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in East Ogwell?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 5.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is East Ogwell?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in East Ogwell?
37% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is East Ogwell good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on East Ogwell’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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