Photo: Mr Eugene Birchall · CC BY-SA 2.0Moretonhampstead is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.4
The share of households in terraced houses is 39%, against 24% across England’s towns. 37% of households are one person living alone. Fewer households with dependent children than in 86% of UK towns: 23%. At the 2021 Census, 1,334 people lived in Moretonhampstead, in 618 households.
What the Census says about Moretonhampstead’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Moretonhampstead’s residents are under 51.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Moretonhampstead
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
29% of Moretonhampstead is 65 or over, against 24% across Devon’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Moretonhampstead sits below 87% of UK towns for full-time students (3.9%)
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%.
By class, 35% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Moretonhampstead, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 90% 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 trails 64% of UK towns: 2.1%.
15% of households have no car or van, below 52% 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
Households in detached houses are about as common here as across England’s towns: 21%. Across the comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. In Moretonhampstead, one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Above 57% of UK towns: 7.1% of residents were 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Across Moretonhampstead, 97% of residents have English as their main language.
Above 84% of UK towns: 47% of residents said 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
White British, not charted: 93% of Moretonhampstead · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.2%). Higher than in nearly three fifths of UK towns: 93% of residents describe themselves as White British. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are about as common here as across England’s towns: 46%.
Moretonhampstead sits below 65% of UK towns for adults who have never married (30%)
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
32 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 58% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.4%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Moretonhampstead’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 37% have one at degree level (34%).
Moretonhampstead and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | — | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Chagford | 1,107 | 3.2 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 18% |
| Bovey Tracey | 6,241 | 6.2 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Chudleigh Knighton | 1,168 | 7.9 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 22% |
| Coldeast | 1,186 | 8.1 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 18% |
| Heathfield | 1,496 | 8.1 mi | 37.5 | 11% | 30% |
| Chudleigh | 4,372 | 8.4 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 9.8 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Moretonhampstead’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 Moretonhampstead’s residents
What is the population of Moretonhampstead?
The 2021 Census counted 1,334 people in Moretonhampstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Moretonhampstead?
The median age was 51.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Moretonhampstead?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Moretonhampstead?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Moretonhampstead good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Moretonhampstead’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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