Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Stoke Canon sits below 98% of UK towns for households with dependent children (17%)
Just over a third of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Stoke Canon’s population at 666, in 309 households. In Stoke Canon, 28% of residents are 65 or over. The village has more unpaid carers than 82% of UK towns, at 11%.
Stoke Canon is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across Stoke Canon, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Full-time students make up 3% in Stoke Canon, less than in 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Stoke Canon has 32% and 24%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Stoke Canon, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 5.6%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 88% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Stoke Canon ranks below 86% of UK towns on households in flats: 4.2%
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 terraced houses: 15%, below 71% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment. The census found that just over one in ten households have no car or van in Stoke Canon. Lower than in half of UK towns: 29% of households live in a detached house.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 99% of UK towns, at 2%
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
Residents whose main language is English make up 100%, against 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 92% of UK towns: 96% of residents
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: 96% of Stoke Canon · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Mixed or multiple (1.5%), Other White (1.2%) and African (0.3%). Higher than in 64% of UK towns: 43% of residents said they have no religion. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%).
Below 72% of UK towns: 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.
32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Stoke Canon, 32%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Stoke Canon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Canon | 666 | — | 51.8 | 28% | 17% |
| West Clyst | 2,683 | 2.6 mi | 32 | 8.4% | 45% |
| Broadclyst | 1,549 | 3 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 29% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 3.2 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 3.4 mi | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 4.6 mi | 30.5 | 4.7% | 44% |
| Clyst St Mary | 1,193 | 5 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 32% |
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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 Stoke Canon’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 Stoke Canon’s residents
What is the population of Stoke Canon?
The 2021 Census counted 666 people in Stoke Canon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke Canon?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke Canon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke Canon?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke Canon good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke Canon’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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