Church of St John the Baptist · Photo: Owain.davies · CC BY 3.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Lustleigh is over 58.9
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Lustleigh has 3.7%. At the 2021 Census, 277 people lived in the village, in 134 households. Households in flats: 0.7% of the total. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.7% in Lustleigh, less than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 17% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 34% in Lustleigh.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Lustleigh ranks below 98% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.1%
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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Lustleigh has 7.9%. In Lustleigh, 51% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 11% in Lustleigh, less than in 99% 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.
By its share of one-person households (26%), Lustleigh is below nearly four fifths of UK towns. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 0.8% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
A village of detached houses: 66% of households live in one
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
22% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 72% 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
Born outside the UK: 7.5% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.5%) or in EU countries (1.4%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%, a higher share than 77% 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: 95% of Lustleigh · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.7%). 45% of residents said they have no religion, a higher share than in 75% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 14%
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
9 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 62%, more than in 99% of UK towns. By contrast, the figure for adults who have never married is 21% in Lustleigh and 39% across England’s towns.
56% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 56% of Lustleigh’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Lustleigh has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lustleigh | 277 | — | 58.9 | 34% | 11% |
| Bovey Tracey | 6,241 | 2.6 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | 3.6 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 4.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 4.5 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 4.6 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 5.5 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Chagford | 1,107 | 6.4 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 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 Lustleigh’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 Lustleigh’s residents
What is the population of Lustleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 277 people in Lustleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lustleigh?
The median age was 58.9 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lustleigh?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lustleigh?
45% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Lustleigh good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lustleigh’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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