Photo: A J Paxton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Pathfinder Village is over 72.7
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households have dependent children here. By contrast, on households without a car or van, Pathfinder Village sits higher than 72% of UK towns: 20%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 497, in 310 households. In Pathfinder Village, 0.3% of households live in a flat or apartment.
73% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 20% of residents, 4.1 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Only 1.2% of adults are full-time students in Pathfinder Village
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%.
Nearly a quarter of Pathfinder Village’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 28% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 5.7% here.
Pathfinder Village ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 0.7%
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.
By its share of one-person households (47%), Pathfinder Village is above 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns. A household here holds 1.7 people on average.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 0.3%
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
On the census count, 29% of households live in a detached house. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Only 2.2% of Pathfinder Village’s 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1%) and in EU countries (0.8%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 99% of UK towns: 100%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Pathfinder Village, more than in 99% 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
White British, not charted: 99% of Pathfinder Village · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 71% of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. In Pathfinder Village, 22% of residents said they have no religion. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
In Pathfinder Village, 12% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The census found that 14% of residents give unpaid care in Pathfinder Village.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 17%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 17% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 35% hold no qualification (18%).
Pathfinder Village is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathfinder Village | 497 | — | 72.7 | 73% | 1.9% |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 4.5 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 5.7 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | 7.1 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Exminster | 4,388 | 7.3 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 31% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 7.4 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 8 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
| Topsham | 4,193 | 8.2 mi | 55 | 37% | 17% |
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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 Pathfinder Village’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 Pathfinder Village’s residents
What is the population of Pathfinder Village?
The 2021 Census counted 497 people in Pathfinder Village’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pathfinder Village?
The median age was 72.7 at the 2021 Census. 3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 73% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pathfinder Village?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pathfinder Village?
22% said they had no religion and 71% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Pathfinder Village good for families?
1.9% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pathfinder Village’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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