Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 97% of UK towns: 6.2% of households have no car or van
One-person households make up 22%, against 30% across England’s towns. Kentisbeare had 644 residents in 257 households at the 2021 Census. For Kentisbeare, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.4%. At 98%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
Half of Kentisbeare is over 46.6, older than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 68% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 7.7% in Kentisbeare. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Kentisbeare households average 2.5 people, larger than in 90% 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.
Little separates the share of households with dependent children here, 29%, from the figure across England’s towns. On the census count, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 52%
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 3.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Kentisbeare. For Kentisbeare, the census puts households in terraced houses at 11%. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%.
Kentisbeare ranks below 96% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 2.5%
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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Kentisbeare. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%).
Kentisbeare: 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 66% 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: 98% of Kentisbeare · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
41% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 52% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Above 99% of UK towns: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
Adults who have never married: 24% here and 39% across England’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.7% here, more than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 10 people.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Kentisbeare’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Kentisbeare is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentisbeare | 644 | — | 46.6 | 23% | 29% |
| Willand | 3,477 | 2.4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 2.8 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 2.9 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 32% |
| Dunkeswell | 1,835 | 4.8 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 21% |
| Hemyock | 1,674 | 5.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Kentisbeare’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 Kentisbeare’s residents
What is the population of Kentisbeare?
The 2021 Census counted 644 people in Kentisbeare’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kentisbeare?
The median age was 46.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kentisbeare?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kentisbeare?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Kentisbeare good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kentisbeare’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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