Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Stoke Fleming is over 62.6, older than 99% of UK towns
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 12% of households have dependent children in Stoke Fleming. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. 767 residents in 396 households: that is Stoke Fleming at the 2021 Census. For Stoke Fleming, the census puts households in detached houses at 53%.
45% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Stoke Fleming.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Stoke Fleming sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2%)
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%.
9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 1.9 people, below 99% 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 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Stoke Fleming comes in at 34%. Locally, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer flats than 79% of UK towns: 5.8% of households
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 12% of households have no car or van in Stoke Fleming. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Stoke Fleming 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 6.5%, more than in 52% of UK towns.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 83% 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: 93% of Stoke Fleming · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British here. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, 38% of residents said they have no religion.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 18%
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
31 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 58% here, more than in 95% of UK towns. Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 12% of residents give unpaid care in Stoke Fleming.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of adults in Stoke Fleming (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Stoke Fleming
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 Fleming | 767 | — | 62.6 | 45% | 12% |
| Dartmouth | 5,260 | 1.6 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 17% |
| Stoke Gabriel | 1,340 | 5.6 mi | 53.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Brixham | 17,839 | 5.6 mi | 55.6 | 34% | 18% |
| Chillington | 1,074 | 5.7 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 20% |
| Paignton | 67,509 | 8.1 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 24% |
| Totnes | 9,217 | 8.2 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 23% |
| Kingsbridge | 5,682 | 8.4 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 22% |
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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 Fleming’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 Fleming’s residents
What is the population of Stoke Fleming?
The 2021 Census counted 767 people in Stoke Fleming’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke Fleming?
The median age was 62.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 45% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke Fleming?
93% 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 Stoke Fleming?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke Fleming good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke Fleming’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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