Exton Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0A median age of 26: Exton is younger than 99% of UK towns
20% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. Exton counted 1,287 residents and 238 households at the 2021 Census. Across Exton, 5.6% of households have no car or van. Lower than in 91% of UK towns: 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Exton’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Exton’s residents are under 26 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 42% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
32% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 3 times the share across England’s towns, and 1% gave a term-time address. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 42%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 20–24: just over a quarter of residents, 4.3 times the share across England’s towns. 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
24% women, 76% men
About 31 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.
Exton: 32% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 39% of Exton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. 6% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children make up 21% in Exton, less than in 91% 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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 6.3%. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
In Exton, 82% of households live in a detached house, more than in 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 share of households in terraced houses trails 98% of UK towns: 5.2%. For comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 86% of UK towns: 15% in Exton
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Exton has 97%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (6.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.3%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 43% in Exton, less than in 85% 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: 86% of Exton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Exton has 86%. At 41%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in just over half of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (1.7%), Other White (1.6%) and Caribbean (1.6%).
66% of adults have never married, more 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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, just over a quarter of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. On the census count, 4.9% of residents give unpaid care. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Exton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 8.2% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as young as Exton
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Exton’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 Exton’s residents
What is the population of Exton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,287 people in Exton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Exton?
The median age was 26 at the 2021 Census. 42% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Exton?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Exton?
41% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Exton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Exton’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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