Photo: Roger A Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Lynton and Lynmouth is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.6
The figure for households with dependent children is 13% in Lynton and Lynmouth and 29% across England’s towns. One-person households are more common here than in 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 840 residents in 399 households. A third of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. In Lynton and Lynmouth, 31% of residents are 65 or over. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
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.
In Lynton and Lynmouth, 1.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Lynton and Lynmouth has 21% and 25%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison. Locally, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Lynton and Lynmouth households average 1.9 people, smaller 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.3%.
A lower share of households in detached houses than 87% of UK towns, at 14%
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 without a car or van: 19% here and 24% across England’s towns. A third of households live in a flat, more than in 97% of UK towns; 14% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Across Lynton and Lynmouth, 32% of households live in a terraced house.
7.4% born outside the UK, more than in 59% 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 (4.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. The share of residents whose main language is English is 97%, against 90% across England’s towns.
Lynton and Lynmouth sits above 60% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (51%)
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: 93% of Lynton and Lynmouth · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Lynton and Lynmouth has 93%. Here, just over two in five residents said they have no religion. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
Lynton and Lynmouth ranks below 90% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 50% here and 44% across England’s towns. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 31%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 31% of its adults qualified to degree level, Lynton and Lynmouth compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
1 of the 3 nearest towns are older than Lynton and Lynmouth
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynton and Lynmouth | 840 | — | 55.6 | 31% | 13% |
| Combe Martin | 2,707 | 8.7 mi | 54.6 | 33% | 21% |
| Porlock | 1,178 | 10.5 mi | 64 | 48% | 10% |
| Chambercombe | 1,502 | 11.8 mi | 51.5 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Lynton and Lynmouth’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 Lynton and Lynmouth’s residents
What is the population of Lynton and Lynmouth?
The 2021 Census counted 840 people in Lynton and Lynmouth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lynton and Lynmouth?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lynton and Lynmouth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lynton and Lynmouth?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Lynton and Lynmouth good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lynton and Lynmouth’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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