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42.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Fewer young people than 92% of UK towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24

Households without a car or van: 10%, below four fifths of UK towns. Here, 46% of residents said they have no religion. More households in detached houses than in 79% of UK towns: 42%. Exminster is home to 4,388 residents in 1,853 households, by the 2021 Census.

21%aged 65 or over 5.3%born abroad 1,853households

Ages

Half of Exminster is under 42.2, younger than 68% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

ExminsterEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

21% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. The largest age band is 40–44: 7.3% of residents.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Exminster, 42.2. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1520%

15 to 248.1%

25 to 4426%

45 to 6425%

65 and over21%

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Exminster

England

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Exminster sits below 63% of UK towns for full-time students (4.5%)

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

Full-time students4.5%

Higher managerial and professional17%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed11%

Supervisory and technical4.7%

Semi-routine9.9%

Routine8.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.7%

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Exminster

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

386

residents, 8.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

By class, 44% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.9%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A higher share of households with dependent children than 78% of UK towns, at 31%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 31%Couples and families, no young children 39%Shared houses and other 2.1%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Exminster

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people36%

3 people15%

4 people16%

5 or more4.5%

England’s towns.

2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household. Few places have so few one-person households: 28% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

A larger share of households in flats than 53% of UK towns: 11%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Exminster

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van10%

One44%

Two36%

Three or more9.8%

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses stands at 21%. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Exminster, more than in 87% of UK towns

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%

Exminster

5.3%

Devon’s towns

7.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

ExminsterEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.9%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 13%. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5.3% here, fewer than in 61% of UK towns. Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).

Ethnicity & religion

Exminster sits above 67% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (94%)

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

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.9%

Asian0.8%

Mixed1.6%

Black0.2%

Other0.3%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Exminster · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion46%

Christian47%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.8%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer5.4%

0%30%60%

The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 69% of UK towns: 47%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.3%).

Relationships & caring

Below 74% of UK towns: 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership29%

Married or civil partnership52%

Separated1.9%

Divorced11%

Widowed6.8%

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

379residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.3%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.5%

Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. On unpaid carers, Exminster sits lower than 55% of UK towns: 9.2%. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

40% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship5.5%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level40%

ExminsterDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Exminster’s adults: 40% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Towns its size

Of 695 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 144th youngest

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Exminster 42.2

BailriggSutton on Sea and TrusthorpeLeonard Stanley and King's Stanley

174266

The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Exminster in age: Boreham (42.2), Bearwood (42.2), Bagillt (42.2) and Pontardawe (42.2).

Neighbours

Older than Exminster: 5 of the 7 towns nearby

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

TopshamClyst St MaryExtonExeterLympstoneWoodburyStarcrossExminster

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Exminster	4,388	—	42.2	21%	31%
Topsham	4,193	1.3 mi	55	37%	17%
Clyst St Mary	1,193	2.8 mi	46.2	25%	32%
Exton	1,287	2.8 mi	26	16%	21%
Exeter	126,181	3.2 mi	35.1	16%	24%
Lympstone	1,838	3.7 mi	47.2	26%	28%
Woodbury	1,749	4.2 mi	49.4	27%	26%
Starcross	1,687	4.2 mi	49.9	26%	21%

More about Exminster’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health BLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute BIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁻Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Exminster’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 Exminster’s residents

What is the population of Exminster?

The 2021 Census counted 4,388 people in Exminster’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Exminster?

The median age was 42.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 68% of UK towns. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Exminster?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Exminster?

46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.

Is Exminster good for families?

31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Exminster’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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