Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 32%
One-person households make up 23%, against 30% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 1,442 residents and 373 households in Princetown. Across Princetown, 14% of households live in a detached house. More households in terraced houses than in 92% of UK towns: 38%.
Princetown sits below 85% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.5%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Princetown has 17%. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. With a median age of 42.7, Princetown is younger than 64% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
31% women, 69% men
About 45 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
2.2% of adults are full-time students, below 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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 12%, Princetown is ahead of 90% of UK towns on that count. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer families than 70% of UK towns: 25% of households have children
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 typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. By contrast, fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 61% of UK towns: 2.1%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 92% of UK towns: 8%
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
6.8% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 56% of UK towns, at 98%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (1.5%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Princetown sits higher than just over half of UK towns: 6.5%.
43% said they have no religion, more than in 62% 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: 92% of Princetown · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.2%. Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 78% of UK towns: 45%. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Princetown has 92%.
43% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Some 38 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 8.1% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 26% of adults in Princetown, 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as young as Princetown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princetown | 1,442 | — | 42.7 | 17% | 25% |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 5.3 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 24% |
| Yelverton | 1,856 | 5.6 mi | 57.8 | 39% | 18% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 6.5 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 9.7 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 10.1 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Buckfastleigh | 2,720 | 10.4 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Ashburton | 3,368 | 10.9 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Princetown’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 Princetown’s residents
What is the population of Princetown?
The 2021 Census counted 1,442 people in Princetown’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Princetown?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Princetown?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Princetown?
43% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Princetown good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Princetown’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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