Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Horrabridge is over 51.5
24% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Horrabridge counted 1,875 residents and 824 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. On married adults and civil partners, Horrabridge sits higher than 74% of UK towns: 52%.
What the Census says about Horrabridge’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Horrabridge’s residents are under 51.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 90% of UK towns: 8.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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 make up 4.2% in Horrabridge, less than in 77% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.8%, against 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 66% 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.
2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 51% of UK towns. Across Horrabridge, 30% of households are one person living alone.
Horrabridge sits below 73% of UK towns for households without a car or van (11%)
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
31% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. On average, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. For Horrabridge, the census puts households in terraced houses at 23%.
Horrabridge ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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 Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%) and in EU countries (1.3%). At 4.2%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in three quarters of UK towns. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 73% of UK towns: 53%
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 Horrabridge · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
38% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Caribbean (0.2%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns: 26%
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
One in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 53 people. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 33% of its adults qualified to degree level, Horrabridge compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Horrabridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | — | 51.5 | 28% | 24% |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 1.1 mi | 57.8 | 39% | 18% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 3.2 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 4.3 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Princetown | 1,442 | 5.3 mi | 42.7 | 17% | 25% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 5.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 8.2 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 8.8 mi | 48 | 26% | 26% |
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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 Horrabridge’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 Horrabridge’s residents
What is the population of Horrabridge?
The 2021 Census counted 1,875 people in Horrabridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horrabridge?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Horrabridge?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Horrabridge?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Horrabridge good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horrabridge’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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