Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0A median age of 52.4: Ebford is older than 93% of UK towns
Here nearly two thirds of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. The 2021 Census put Ebford’s population at 474, in 190 households. One-person households: 18% of the total. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 65 and over, Ebford sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 31%. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
Only 4.7% of adults are full-time students in Ebford
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%.
In Ebford, 49% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 53% of UK towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Larger households than 77% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, a quarter of households have dependent children here.
Households without a car or van: 3.7%, a lower share than 99% 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
The figure for households in detached houses is 69% in Ebford and 21% across England’s towns. Households without a car or van make up 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 1.1% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 14% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Ebford sits above 78% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
7.6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%). Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 83% of UK towns
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: 94% of Ebford · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across Ebford, 40% of residents said they have no religion.
22% 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
For 12 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Lower than in 83% of UK towns: 8.1% of residents give unpaid care. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns.
48% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
48% of Ebford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.5% have none (18%).
Ebford is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebford | 474 | — | 52.4 | 31% | 25% |
| Topsham | 4,193 | 1.2 mi | 55 | 37% | 17% |
| Exton | 1,287 | 1.4 mi | 26 | 16% | 21% |
| Clyst St Mary | 1,193 | 1.7 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 1.9 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Exminster | 4,388 | 2.4 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 31% |
| Lympstone | 1,838 | 2.4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 3.6 mi | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
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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 Ebford’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 Ebford’s residents
What is the population of Ebford?
The 2021 Census counted 474 people in Ebford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ebford?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ebford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ebford?
40% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ebford good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ebford’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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