Photo: Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Lamerton is over 56.6, older than 98% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 20%, against 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 888 people lived in Lamerton, in 361 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 4.4% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Lamerton ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Lamerton has 9.4%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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: 3.9%, a lower share than 88% 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%.
In Lamerton, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 3.1%, Lamerton is ahead of 77% of UK towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 51% in Lamerton, more than in 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
Terraced houses are home to 18% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Still, 5.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 79% of UK towns; 51% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns: 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2%) and in Africa (1.4%). Lamerton has fewer residents born outside the UK than 66% of UK towns, at 4.9%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%, a higher share than 86% 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 Lamerton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 36% answered “no religion” and 57% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Indian (0.2%).
Adults who have never married: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Lamerton has 11%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 59%.
Among adults, 30% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Lamerton’s adults: 30% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of the 7 towns nearest Lamerton, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamerton | 888 | — | 56.6 | 36% | 20% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 2.9 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 3.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 6 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 24% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 6.2 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Kelly Bray | 1,137 | 6.3 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 28% |
| Callington | 4,665 | 6.9 mi | 50 | 26% | 21% |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 7.1 mi | 57.8 | 39% | 18% |
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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 Lamerton’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 Lamerton’s residents
What is the population of Lamerton?
The 2021 Census counted 888 people in Lamerton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lamerton?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lamerton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lamerton?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Lamerton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lamerton’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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