Photo: SequenceDancer · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of one-person households than 90% of UK towns: 36%
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 96%, against 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are common here: 28%, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 3,472 people lived in Holsworthy, in 1,577 households. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 25% in the town.
In Holsworthy, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Holsworthy is 43.6, lower than in 57% of UK towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The largest age band is 70–74: 6.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Holsworthy, 43.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
3.4% of adults are full-time students, below 96% 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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (12%), Holsworthy is above 91% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 84% 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.
25% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The census found that 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Holsworthy.
More flats than 67% of UK towns: 14% of households in Holsworthy
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 without a car or van is 18%, against 24% across England’s towns. Holsworthy has fewer households in detached houses than 52% of UK towns, at 28%. On average, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 81% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Holsworthy has 98%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Holsworthy ranks above 82% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 46%
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 Holsworthy · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47%, below nearly two thirds of UK towns. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.1%).
Married adults and civil partners: 42%, a lower share than 83% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Holsworthy has 36%. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 53% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 20% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 20% of adults in Holsworthy, 34% across England’s towns; 22% have no qualification, against 18%.
749 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000 people: this is the 203rd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Holsworthy in age: Lawford (43.6), Puckeridge and Standon (43.6), Coxhoe (43.7) and Sutton Bridge (43.7).
Holsworthy and its 2 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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
- “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 Holsworthy’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 Holsworthy’s residents
What is the population of Holsworthy?
The 2021 Census counted 3,472 people in Holsworthy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holsworthy?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 57% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holsworthy?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holsworthy?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Holsworthy good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holsworthy’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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