Photo: Roger A Smith · CC BY-SA 2.03% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 93% of UK towns
By its share of one-person households (25%), Landkey is below 85% of UK towns. 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 95% of UK towns. The village is home to 2,001 residents in 846 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 48% locally.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% in Landkey, less than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.5% of residents. The median age in Landkey is 46, higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns. The usual figure: 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.
Only 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Landkey
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%.
4.7% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Landkey households average 2.4 people, larger than in 72% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2.7%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 28% of the total.
10% of households have no car or van, below 81% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Landkey has 26%.
3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 91% of UK towns
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 (1.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 91% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
46% of residents said they have no religion, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Landkey · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.2%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 76% of UK towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 86% of UK towns: 54%
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: 28% here and 39% across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 48 residents. Lower than in 52% of UK towns: 9.3% of residents give unpaid care. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 31% of its adults qualified to degree level, Landkey compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Landkey and its 7 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landkey | 2,001 | — | 46 | 24% | 28% |
| Barnstaple | 31,271 | 2.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 26% |
| Bickington | 2,105 | 4.1 mi | 52.3 | 30% | 21% |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 5.7 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 6.4 mi | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
| Braunton | 6,610 | 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 24% |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 7.9 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 8.5 mi | 56.6 | 34% | 17% |
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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 Landkey’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 Landkey’s residents
What is the population of Landkey?
The 2021 Census counted 2,001 people in Landkey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Landkey?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Landkey?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Landkey?
46% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Landkey good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Landkey’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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