Photo: Peter Jeffery · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 46%
In Hatherleigh, 12% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. The median age here is 50.3, higher than in 86% of UK towns. There were 331 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 728 residents. Across Hatherleigh, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children.
Hatherleigh sits below 86% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.5%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 23%, against 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Full-time students: 3.9%, a lower share than 86% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 9.3% in Hatherleigh and 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 80% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Hatherleigh has 1.8%. 33% of households are one person living alone.
Fewer flats than 72% of UK towns: 6.9% of households
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Hatherleigh has 24%. More households without a car or van than in 50% of UK towns: 15%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Hatherleigh sits below 54% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (5.9%)
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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%) and in Africa (1.5%). At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in just over half of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
Hatherleigh ranks above 78% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 45%
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 Hatherleigh · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents who describe themselves as Christian, 46% here is much the same as across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 75% of UK towns: 95%. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.6%).
Above 68% of UK towns: 51% of adults are married or in 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 30% in Hatherleigh and 39% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. 29 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Hatherleigh’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
Older than Hatherleigh: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatherleigh | 728 | — | 50.3 | 23% | 24% |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 5.9 mi | 53 | 33% | 21% |
| Okehampton | 9,108 | 6.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 27% |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 7.8 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 9.4 mi | 47.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 10.8 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 20% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 11.2 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Hatherleigh’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 Hatherleigh’s residents
What is the population of Hatherleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 728 people in Hatherleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hatherleigh?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hatherleigh?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hatherleigh?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hatherleigh good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hatherleigh’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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