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63.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Newton Ferrers is over 63.5

The typical household size is 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Just over three in five households live in a detached house, more than in 97% of UK towns. Newton Ferrers’s 472 households held 949 residents at the 2021 Census. For Newton Ferrers, the census puts households with dependent children at 14%.

47%aged 65 or over 7.6%born abroad 472households

Ages

Newton Ferrers: 47% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns

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

Newton FerrersEngland’s towns

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

75–79 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 3.4 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 3.8% of the total.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 243.8%

25 to 4411%

45 to 6427%

65 and over47%

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Newton Ferrers

England

WomenMen

About 93 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

Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 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 professional27%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate9.2%

Small employers and self-employed18%

Supervisory and technical1.8%

Semi-routine6.2%

Routine3.5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.2%

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Newton Ferrers

12%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

111

residents, 12%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

Here 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.

Households

A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of UK towns: 1.3%

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

Living alone, 66+ 23%Living alone, under 66 10%Families with dependent children 14%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 1.3%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Newton Ferrers

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person33%

2 people48%

3 people7.6%

4 people8.6%

5 or more2.7%

England’s towns.

By its share of one-person households (33%), Newton Ferrers is above nearly three quarters of UK towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Households without a car or van: 6.8%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Newton Ferrers

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van6.8%

One42%

Two35%

Three or more16%

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in terraced houses is 14%, against 24% across England’s towns. On top of that, every 15th household or so has no car or van. Households in flats account for 9.8%.

Where people were born

A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 97% of UK towns, at 99%

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%

Newton Ferrers

7.6%

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 well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of residents born outside the UK is 7.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%).

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 59% in Newton Ferrers, more than in 93% 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

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.6%

Asian0.2%

Mixed0.8%

Black0%

Other0.6%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Newton Ferrers · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion34%

Christian59%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.1%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5.3%

0%35%70%

Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here and 73% across England’s towns. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 34% of residents said they have no religion. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married: 14%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns

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 partnership14%

Married or civil partnership66%

Separated1%

Divorced9.3%

Widowed9.1%

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

100residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.3%

20 to 49 hours1.7%

50 hours or more2.8%

Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 26 residents. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns. Add to that, by its share of unpaid carers (11%), Newton Ferrers is above 84% of UK towns.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 54% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications8%

Apprenticeship3.1%

A levels or similar13%

Degree level54%

Newton FerrersDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Newton Ferrers counts 54% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 8% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

No nearby town is as old as Newton Ferrers

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

WemburyYealmptonSherfordPlymouthModburyIvybridgeMillbrookNewton Ferrers

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Newton Ferrers	949	—	63.5	47%	14%
Wembury	1,828	1.7 mi	56.1	37%	20%
Yealmpton	2,007	2.8 mi	51.4	32%	27%
Sherford	1,311	3.5 mi	31	4.4%	48%
Plymouth	266,970	6.6 mi	39.6	19%	26%
Modbury	1,687	7.2 mi	50	26%	23%
Ivybridge	12,485	7.4 mi	44.5	21%	30%
Millbrook	2,299	8.1 mi	51.5	30%	22%

More about Newton Ferrers’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 Newton Ferrers’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 Newton Ferrers’s residents

What is the population of Newton Ferrers?

The 2021 Census counted 949 people in Newton Ferrers’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Newton Ferrers?

The median age was 63.5 at the 2021 Census. 3.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 47% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Newton Ferrers?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Newton Ferrers?

34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.

Is Newton Ferrers good for families?

14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newton Ferrers’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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