Photo: David Gearing · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Ipplepen is over 54.4
Flats are home to 3.2% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car or van in Ipplepen. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. The village counted 2,150 residents and 965 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Ipplepen’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Ipplepen’s residents are under 54.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% 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).
In Ipplepen, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.2%, Ipplepen is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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 lower share of full-time students than 78% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Locally, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 91% of UK towns: 21% of households have children
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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Fewer one-person households than in 58% of UK towns: 29%.
Ipplepen: 50% of households live in a detached house, above 90% of UK towns
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 figure for households in terraced houses is 17% in Ipplepen and 24% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, 3.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 92% of UK towns; 50% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 94% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 3.9% here, fewer than in 79% of UK towns. Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 97% 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: 97% of Ipplepen · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Ipplepen has 52%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Residents with no religion: 41% of the total.
Ipplepen ranks above 88% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 55%
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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 70. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Ipplepen counts 35% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).
Ipplepen and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipplepen | 2,150 | — | 54.4 | 34% | 21% |
| Abbotskerswell | 1,182 | 1.8 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 20% |
| Denbury | 1,482 | 1.8 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 27% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 2.8 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Marldon | 2,073 | 2.9 mi | 54 | 31% | 24% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 3.2 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Paignton | 67,509 | 4.3 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Ipplepen’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 Ipplepen’s residents
What is the population of Ipplepen?
The 2021 Census counted 2,150 people in Ipplepen’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ipplepen?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ipplepen?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ipplepen?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Ipplepen good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ipplepen’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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