Photo: Alan Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Haytor Vale is over 57, older than 98% of UK towns
62% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. On the census count, 1.6% of households have no car or van. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 282 residents in Haytor Vale, living in 122 households.
Haytor Vale sits above 96% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (34%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
A student village: 5.2% of adults study full-time
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%.
By class, 52% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 8.4% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year: just over a tenth of the total. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
20% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 93% 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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 22% in Haytor Vale. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 6.6% in the village.
Haytor Vale sits below 77% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (14%)
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 flats: 6.5%, below three quarters of UK towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns, at 99%
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 9.5% in Haytor Vale. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.5%).
Haytor Vale: 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 72% 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: 93% of Haytor Vale · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 38% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The largest groups after White British are Other White (5%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Chinese (0.7%). At 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 53% of UK towns.
In Haytor Vale, 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 98% 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
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. The share of unpaid carers across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 52% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Haytor Vale, 7.3%, while 52% hold one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Haytor Vale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haytor Vale | 282 | — | 57 | 34% | 20% |
| Bovey Tracey | 6,241 | 2.6 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 3.1 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 3.7 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
| Ashburton | 3,368 | 4.3 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 4.6 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | 5.8 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Denbury | 1,482 | 5.9 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
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 Haytor Vale’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 Haytor Vale’s residents
What is the population of Haytor Vale?
The 2021 Census counted 282 people in Haytor Vale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Haytor Vale?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haytor Vale?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Haytor Vale?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Haytor Vale good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Haytor Vale’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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