Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Silverton is over 51.2, older than 90% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 22%, against 29% across England’s towns. More one-person households than in 87% of UK towns: 35%. There were 714 households in Silverton at the 2021 Census, home to 1,501 residents. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British.
What the Census says about Silverton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Silverton’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Silverton comes in at 30%. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns, at 11%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 36% of Silverton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Silverton, the census puts full-time students at 4.8%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 92% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Silverton comes in at 1.8%.
Households in terraced houses make up 29% in Silverton, more than in 81% 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: 31%, above 54% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 13% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Here, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Silverton sits above 77% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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
Born outside the UK: 5.6% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 52% in Silverton, more than in 63% 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: 95% of Silverton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Arab (0.3%). Fewer residents with no religion than in just over half of UK towns: 41%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Adults who have never married make up 29% in Silverton, less than in 76% 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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Silverton has 49%. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 35 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.5% here, more than in 55% of UK towns.
34% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Silverton counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Silverton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | 1,501 | — | 51.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 2.6 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 32% |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 4.2 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 29% |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 4.6 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 4.9 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 5.7 mi | 30.5 | 4.7% | 44% |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 5.8 mi | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 6.2 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 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 Silverton’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 Silverton’s residents
What is the population of Silverton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,501 people in Silverton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Silverton?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Silverton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Silverton?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Silverton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Silverton’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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