Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Offwell is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.5
In Offwell, 7.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. On households with dependent children, Offwell sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 14%. At the 2021 Census, 435 people lived locally, in 183 households. Households without a car or van account for 5.4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of UK towns: 34%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. For Offwell, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
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.
Full-time students: 2.8%, a lower share than 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%.
By class, 36% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
2.3 people per household, more than in 65% 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 census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Offwell.
A village of detached houses: 73% of households live in one
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
The share of households in terraced houses trails 99% of UK towns: 3.3%. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house. Census figures put households in flats at 2.2% in Offwell.
Offwell: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.6%), then in Africa (0.9%). Fewer residents born outside the UK than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 3.7%. To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Offwell ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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: 96% of Offwell · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 56%, more than in 84% of UK towns. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and African (0.2%).
Offwell sits below 98% of UK towns for adults who have never married (22%)
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
Here nearly three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 10%, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 17 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
35% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Offwell’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 35% have one at degree level (34%).
Around Offwell, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offwell | 435 | — | 56.5 | 34% | 14% |
| Honiton | 12,155 | 2.2 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Colyton | 1,938 | 5 mi | 55.7 | 35% | 19% |
| Dunkeswell | 1,835 | 5.6 mi | 52.3 | 29% | 21% |
| Feniton | 1,725 | 5.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 30% |
| Seaton | 7,429 | 6.4 mi | 61 | 44% | 14% |
| Ottery St Mary | 6,043 | 6.4 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Axminster | 6,094 | 6.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Offwell’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 Offwell’s residents
What is the population of Offwell?
The 2021 Census counted 435 people in Offwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Offwell?
The median age was 56.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Offwell?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Offwell?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Offwell good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Offwell’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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