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61.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Noss Mayo is over 61.4, older than 99% of UK towns

78% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Noss Mayo’s population at 284, in 134 households. Across Noss Mayo, 13% of households have dependent children. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns.

41%aged 65 or over 7.4%born abroad 134households

Ages

41% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

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

Noss MayoEngland’s towns

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

The largest age band is 60–64: 13% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 5.3%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 158.5%

15 to 245.3%

25 to 4411%

45 to 6435%

65 and over41%

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Noss Mayo

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

Only 2.7% of adults are full-time students in Noss Mayo

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 students2.7%

Higher managerial and professional28%

Lower managerial and professional27%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical2.7%

Semi-routine4.6%

Routine3.5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.1%

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Noss Mayo

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns: 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.

Households

Smaller households than 88% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average

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

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 13%Couples and families, no young children 55%Shared houses and other 5.2%

Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns

Noss Mayo

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person28%

2 people49%

3 people13%

4 people6.7%

5 or more4.5%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 5.2%. Census figures put one-person households at 27% in Noss Mayo.

Homes & cars

Below 99% of UK towns: 3.8% of households have no car or van

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

Type of home

Noss Mayo

Devon’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3.8%

One37%

Two40%

Three or more20%

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Noss Mayo comes in at 3.1%. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Here, 4.6% of households live in a terraced house.

Where people were born

Noss Mayo sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)

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%

Noss Mayo

7.4%

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 language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.5%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Higher than in 59% of UK towns: 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns: 64%

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

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian0%

Mixed1.1%

Black0.4%

Other0%

0%6%12%

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

Religion · all residents

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion29%

Christian64%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1.1%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer5.3%

0%40%80%

The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Caribbean (0.4%). 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 82% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%.

Relationships & caring

Noss Mayo: 65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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 partnership18%

Married or civil partnership65%

Separated1.5%

Divorced9.2%

Widowed6.9%

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

31residents 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 week7.1%

20 to 49 hours1.1%

50 hours or more2.9%

Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 8 people. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 18%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 11% in Noss Mayo.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 61% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications3.1%

Apprenticeship5.8%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level61%

Noss MayoDevon’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Noss Mayo, 3.1%, while 61% hold one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

Every nearby town is younger than Noss Mayo

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

WemburyYealmptonSherfordPlymouthModburyIvybridgeMillbrookNoss Mayo

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Noss Mayo	284	—	61.4	41%	13%
Wembury	1,828	1.7 mi	56.1	37%	20%
Yealmpton	2,007	3.1 mi	51.4	32%	27%
Sherford	1,311	3.7 mi	31	4.4%	48%
Plymouth	266,970	6.7 mi	39.6	19%	26%
Modbury	1,687	7.3 mi	50	26%	23%
Ivybridge	12,485	7.6 mi	44.5	21%	30%
Millbrook	2,299	8.1 mi	51.5	30%	22%

More about Noss Mayo’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 Noss Mayo’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 Noss Mayo’s residents

What is the population of Noss Mayo?

The 2021 Census counted 284 people in Noss Mayo’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Noss Mayo?

The median age was 61.4 at the 2021 Census. 5.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Noss Mayo?

95% 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 Noss Mayo?

29% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.

Is Noss Mayo good for families?

13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Noss Mayo’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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