Photo: Brian Whittle · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.6: Slapton is older than 97% of UK towns
19% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 25% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Slapton’s population at 209, in 99 households. Here, 46% of residents said they have no religion.
In Slapton, 5.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 35%, above 97% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 3.4% of adults are full-time students in Slapton
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 figure for residents who moved in within the year is 12% in Slapton and 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Smaller households than 91% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 5.1%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Nearly a third of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 70% of UK towns.
12% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 72% 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
A quarter of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Here, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Every 9th household or so has no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). More residents born outside the UK than in 53% of UK towns: 6.7%. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 98%
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: 98% of Slapton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents who describe themselves as Christian, 46% here is much the same as across England’s towns. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Slapton sits above 71% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (51%)
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
At 8.8%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 7. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Slapton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Slapton, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slapton | 209 | — | 55.6 | 35% | 19% |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 2.1 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 5 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 17% |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 5.2 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 22% |
| Salcombe | 1,583 | 6.4 mi | 58.7 | 38% | 13% |
| Loddiswell | 1,032 | 6.6 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 31% |
| Stoke Gabriel | 1,340 | 8 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Brixham | 17,839 | 9.2 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 18% |
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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 Slapton’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 Slapton’s residents
What is the population of Slapton?
The 2021 Census counted 209 people in Slapton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Slapton?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Slapton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Slapton?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Slapton good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Slapton’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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