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55.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Membury is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.8

23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 1.5% in Membury. The village is home to 310 residents in 135 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households with dependent children stands at 19%. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.

31%aged 65 or over 5.5%born abroad 135households

Ages

7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of UK towns

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

MemburyEngland’s towns

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

55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 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

Under 1513%

15 to 247.4%

25 to 4417%

45 to 6432%

65 and over31%

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Membury

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Membury sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.3%)

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 students2.3%

Higher managerial and professional17%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed26%

Supervisory and technical3.8%

Semi-routine6.4%

Routine4.9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.3%

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Membury

9.5%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Membury, 43% and 11%. Few places have as many residents who moved in within the year: 9.5% here, more than in 65% of UK towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A lower share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 20%

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

Living alone, 66+ 11%Living alone, under 66 8.9%Families with dependent children 19%Couples and families, no young children 56%Shared houses and other 5.2%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Membury

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person20%

2 people51%

3 people14%

4 people9.1%

5 or more6.1%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 5.2%. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. The average household has 2.4 people.

Homes & cars

Membury sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (3%)

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

Type of home

Membury

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3%

One38%

Two34%

Three or more25%

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

The figure for households in detached houses is 81% in Membury and 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

In Membury, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 87% 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%

Membury

5.5%

Devon’s towns

7.9%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1%

Another main language, little or no English0%

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Born outside the UK: 5.5% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%).

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 87% of UK towns: 57%

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

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian1%

Mixed0.3%

Black0%

Other0.7%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Membury · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian57%

Muslim0.7%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.8%

0%35%70%

Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95%, against 73% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. In Membury, 36% of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 64%

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 partnership64%

Separated1.1%

Divorced7.4%

Widowed6.7%

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

22residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.7%

20 to 49 hours0.3%

50 hours or more3.4%

7.4% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Few places have so few adults who have never married: 21% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 10 residents.

Qualifications

39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications10%

Apprenticeship6.7%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level39%

MemburyDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Membury, 10%, while 39% hold one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Membury

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

AxminsterTatworthChardColytonUplymeLyme RegisHonitonMembury

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Membury	310	—	55.8	31%	19%
Axminster	6,094	2.9 mi	46.8	27%	24%
Tatworth	2,287	3.6 mi	52.3	31%	22%
Chard	14,287	4.7 mi	44.5	24%	26%
Colyton	1,938	6.1 mi	55.7	35%	19%
Uplyme	1,053	6.7 mi	54	29%	25%
Lyme Regis	3,741	7.4 mi	59.9	40%	16%
Honiton	12,155	7.7 mi	49.8	29%	21%

More about Membury’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery 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 Membury’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 Membury’s residents

What is the population of Membury?

The 2021 Census counted 310 people in Membury’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Membury?

The median age was 55.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Membury?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Membury?

36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.

Is Membury good for families?

19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Membury’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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