Photo: Anthony Vosper · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Sidbury is over 57.8, older than 98% of UK towns
In Sidbury, 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. There were 219 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 440 residents. Households with dependent children account for 22%. On households in terraced houses, Sidbury sits higher than 85% of UK towns: 31%.
Above 98% of UK towns: 37% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.3% in Sidbury, less than in 79% 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%.
The share of full-time students tops 60% of UK towns: 5%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 93% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 3.7%, from the figure across England’s towns. In Sidbury, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Households without a car or van: 14%, a lower share than 59% of UK towns
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
Households in detached houses make up 32%, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, 9.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Sidbury: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 95% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. At 6%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 54% of UK towns.
Sidbury ranks above 69% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%
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: 94% of Sidbury · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Sidbury has 49%. Still, on residents with no religion, Sidbury sits higher than just over half of UK towns: 41%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Chinese (0.5%).
Sidbury sits above 98% of UK towns for unpaid carers (12%)
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
For 14 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. More married adults and civil partners than in 90% of UK towns: 56%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Sidbury is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidbury | 440 | — | 57.8 | 37% | 22% |
| Sidmouth | 13,258 | 2.1 mi | 60.4 | 43% | 16% |
| Ottery St Mary | 6,043 | 3.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Newton Poppleford | 1,918 | 3.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| West Hill | 2,109 | 4.5 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 27% |
| Honiton | 12,155 | 5.3 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Feniton | 1,725 | 5.3 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 30% |
| Beer | 1,280 | 5.6 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 19% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Sidbury’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 Sidbury’s residents
What is the population of Sidbury?
The 2021 Census counted 440 people in Sidbury’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sidbury?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sidbury?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sidbury?
41% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Sidbury good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sidbury’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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