Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 60.6: Littleham is older than 99% of UK towns
18% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). Census day 2021: 248 residents and 110 households in Littleham. The share of households with dependent children stands at 16%. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 12% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns.
40% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
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%.
In Littleham, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Littleham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.4%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 61% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Littleham comes in at 2.7%.
Households in detached houses make up 74% in Littleham, more than in 99% 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
In Littleham, 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. 7.2% of households have no car or van. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
0.8% of residents were born outside the UK, below 99% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (0.4%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.4%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. 100% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 99% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 99% of Littleham · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 80% of UK towns: 35%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across Littleham, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Littleham sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (67%)
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 4 people. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 21% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. With unpaid carers at 11%, Littleham is ahead of 81% of UK towns on that count.
41% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Littleham, 13%, while 41% hold one at degree level (34%).
Littleham is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleham | 248 | — | 60.6 | 40% | 16% |
| Bideford | 19,493 | 2.2 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Northam | 5,191 | 3.7 mi | 55.8 | 36% | 19% |
| Westward Ho! | 3,468 | 3.7 mi | 58 | 38% | 15% |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 4.5 mi | 47.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 4.7 mi | 56.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Fremington | 5,229 | 6.9 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 23% |
| Chivenor and Wrafton | 1,953 | 8.2 mi | 31.9 | 9.8% | 41% |
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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 Littleham’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 Littleham’s residents
What is the population of Littleham?
The 2021 Census counted 248 people in Littleham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Littleham?
The median age was 60.6 at the 2021 Census. 4.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Littleham?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 0.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Littleham?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.1% didn’t answer.
Is Littleham good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Littleham’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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