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47.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Who lives in Lympstone: a median age of 47.2, 779 households

Lympstone had 1,838 residents and 779 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.2. 6.6% were born outside the UK.

26%aged 65 or over 6.6%born abroad 779households

Ages

A median age of 47.2

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

LympstoneEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 60–64: 8.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. 26% of Lympstone is 65 or over, against 24% across Devon’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1518%

15 to 246.5%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6426%

65 and over26%

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Lympstone

England

WomenMen

About 94 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.

Students & newcomers

50% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs

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

Full-time students3.4%

Higher managerial and professional20%

Lower managerial and professional31%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical4.3%

Semi-routine8.8%

Routine7.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.9%

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Lympstone

13%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

225

residents, 12%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

50% of Lympstone’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 12% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, more than the 11% across England’s towns.

Households

779 households: one in 4 is one person living alone

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 9.2%Families with dependent children 28%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 3.2%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Lympstone

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people42%

3 people13%

4 people15%

5 or more4.2%

England’s towns.

Families with dependent children are 28% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 16% are someone 66 or over living alone (Devon’s towns 16%). Households average 2.3 people.

Homes & cars

The most common home: a detached house, for 35% of households

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Lympstone

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van10%

One46%

Two33%

Three or more10%

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

9.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 55% of UK towns; 35% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. One household in 10 has no car or van.

Where people were born

6.6% born outside the UK

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%

Lympstone

6.6%

Devon’s towns

7.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

LympstoneEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.3%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

6.6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 7.9% across Devon’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%). 16% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language.

Ethnicity & religion

50% said they are Christian and 43% that they have no religion

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

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.8%

Asian0.7%

Mixed1.5%

Black0.1%

Other0.3%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Lympstone · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion43%

Christian50%

Muslim0.5%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.5%

Other religion0.6%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%30%60%

94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 91% across Devon’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Bangladeshi (0.2%).

On religion, 43% answered “no religion” and 50% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership21%

Married or civil partnership62%

Separated1.9%

Divorced9%

Widowed6.6%

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

170residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.9%

20 to 49 hours1.9%

50 hours or more3.1%

21% of Lympstone’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 62% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. 53 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.

Qualifications

49% of adults have a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications7.9%

Apprenticeship4.5%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level49%

LympstoneDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

49% of Lympstone’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 7.9% have none (18%).

Neighbours

5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Lympstone

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ExtonExmouthWoodburyStarcrossTopshamExminsterDawlish WarrenLympstone

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Lympstone	1,838	—	47.2	26%	28%
Exton	1,287	1.1 mi	26	16%	21%
Exmouth	35,502	1.9 mi	50.3	29%	22%
Woodbury	1,749	2 mi	49.4	27%	26%
Starcross	1,687	2 mi	49.9	26%	21%
Topsham	4,193	3.1 mi	55	37%	17%
Exminster	4,388	3.7 mi	42.2	21%	31%
Dawlish Warren	1,191	3.7 mi	58	36%	17%

More about Lympstone’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health ALife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute A⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools DEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Lympstone’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 Lympstone’s residents

What is the population of Lympstone?

The 2021 Census counted 1,838 people in Lympstone’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Lympstone?

The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Lympstone?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Lympstone?

43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Lympstone good for families?

28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lympstone’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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