Photo: Rodw · Public domainIn Georgeham, 70% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns
3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Georgeham’s 193 households held 452 residents at the 2021 Census. Census figures put adults who have never married at 25% in the village. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Georgeham sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 96%.
A median age of 48.9: Georgeham is older than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Georgeham. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 25% here, more than in 74% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Georgeham
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%.
Here 6.2% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 68% 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.
The figure for one-person households is 28% in Georgeham and 30% across England’s towns. 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 27% here, fewer than in 54% of UK towns.
Georgeham ranks below 90% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 9.4%
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: 8.3% here and 24% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3.1%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). Higher than in 76% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
Above 61% of UK towns: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 96% of Georgeham · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (1.8%), Arab (1.1%) and Other White (0.9%). 38% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 67% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
Georgeham sits above 97% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (59%)
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
Unpaid carers make up 8.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For 11 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Georgeham, 42%, and 10% have none, against 18%. Many still at university: 18% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Georgeham and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgeham | 452 | — | 48.9 | 25% | 27% |
| Braunton | 6,610 | 2.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 24% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 3.8 mi | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 5.4 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Ilfracombe | 9,199 | 5.6 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 23% |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 5.8 mi | 56.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 6.2 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Chambercombe | 1,502 | 6.2 mi | 51.5 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Georgeham’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 Georgeham’s residents
What is the population of Georgeham?
The 2021 Census counted 452 people in Georgeham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Georgeham?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Georgeham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Georgeham?
38% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Georgeham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Georgeham’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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