Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Inner Hope is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.9
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 16% in Inner Hope. On the census count, 77% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 58%, more than in 96% of UK towns.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
5.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Inner Hope sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.7%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over two fifths of Inner Hope’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.4% in the village. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 89% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2%, below 68% of UK towns. 30% of households are one person living alone, more than in 55% of UK towns.
Inner Hope ranks below 98% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 4%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Inner Hope has 10%. 13% of households live in a flat or apartment.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 3.8% in Inner Hope and 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Above 81% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Inner Hope · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Inner Hope, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.5%). Just over two in five residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
10 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 11% here, more than in 87% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Inner Hope, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Inner Hope
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Hope | 215 | — | 58.9 | 39% | 16% |
| Salcombe | 1,583 | 3.6 mi | 58.7 | 38% | 13% |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 4.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 22% |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 5.8 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 31% |
| Modbury | 1,687 | 7.2 mi | 50 | 26% | 23% |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 7.3 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Yealmpton | 2,007 | 9.6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 27% |
| Ivybridge | 12,485 | 10.3 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 30% |
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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 Inner Hope’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 Inner Hope’s residents
What is the population of Inner Hope?
The 2021 Census counted 215 people in Inner Hope’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Inner Hope?
The median age was 58.9 at the 2021 Census. 5.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Inner Hope?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Inner Hope?
41% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Inner Hope good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Inner Hope’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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