Church of St. Gregory · Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Goodleigh is over 52.9, older than 94% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Goodleigh has 56%. Here, just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 393 residents in 167 households.
In Goodleigh, 8.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 97% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 9.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Goodleigh
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 share of households with dependent children is 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Fewer households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.8%
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 in terraced houses: 13% here and 24% across England’s towns. About one household in 12 lives without a car or van. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Goodleigh, more than in 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%), then in Africa (1.8%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. At 5.6%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 58% of UK towns.
A higher White British share than 75% of UK towns: 95% of residents
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: 95% of Goodleigh · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and African (0.5%). 38% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 67% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Set against 46% across England’s towns, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Goodleigh.
Below 98% of UK towns: 23% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
In Goodleigh, one in ten residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. 13 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 39%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Goodleigh counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
Goodleigh is younger than 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodleigh | 393 | — | 52.9 | 28% | 26% |
| Landkey | 2,001 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 24% | 28% |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 2.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 4.2 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 5.9 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 6 mi | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Braunton | 6,610 | 7.1 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 24% |
| Combe Martin | 2,707 | 8 mi | 54.6 | 33% | 21% |
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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 Goodleigh’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 Goodleigh’s residents
What is the population of Goodleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 393 people in Goodleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Goodleigh?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Goodleigh?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Goodleigh?
38% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 13% didn’t answer.
Is Goodleigh good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Goodleigh’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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