Photo: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0Lapford ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.2%
Flats are home to 0.9% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. At 97%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 93% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 990 residents in 436 households. Census figures put adults who have never married at 26% in Lapford.
Lapford is older than 81% of UK towns: a median age of 49.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.5% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across Lapford, 24% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.7% in Lapford, less than in 90% 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 Lapford, 29% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Lapford, 4.4% of adults are full-time students. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 78% 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.
32% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%. Here, just over a quarter of households have dependent children.
Lapford ranks above 81% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 43%
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
Households in terraced houses: 28%, above 77% of UK towns. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. 12% of households have no car or van.
Lapford ranks below 89% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 3.1%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Higher than in 97% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
In Lapford, 46% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 79% 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 Lapford · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Mixed or multiple (1.5%), Other White (1.3%) and African (0.2%).
Lapford: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 97% 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
With married adults and civil partners at 54%, Lapford is ahead of 85% of UK towns on that count. To put it in context, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 30.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Lapford counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 19% have no qualification (18%).
Lapford and its 7 nearest towns: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapford | 990 | — | 49.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 2.4 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 4.2 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 4.3 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 4.8 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 20% |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 5.8 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 23% |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 5.9 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 6.2 mi | 53 | 33% | 21% |
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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 Lapford’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 Lapford’s residents
What is the population of Lapford?
The 2021 Census counted 990 people in Lapford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lapford?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lapford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lapford?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lapford good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lapford’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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