Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.8: Stokeinteignhead is older than 97% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 95% of UK towns. There were 152 households in Stokeinteignhead at the 2021 Census, home to 345 residents. In Stokeinteignhead, 4% of households have no car or van. 22% of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%.
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 94% of UK towns: 13%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
More full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 6.6%
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%.
Stokeinteignhead sits close to the norm on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 19% of households have dependent children in Stokeinteignhead
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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 5.9%, Stokeinteignhead is ahead of 97% of UK towns on that count. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Stokeinteignhead ranks above 84% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 44%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Stokeinteignhead comes in at 23%. Census figures put households in flats at 6.6% here. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%). Stokeinteignhead has fewer residents born outside the UK than 73% of UK towns, at 4.3%. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Stokeinteignhead sits above 84% of UK towns for residents with no religion (47%)
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: 97% of Stokeinteignhead · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (1.2%), Chinese (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%.
More unpaid carers than 89% of UK towns: 11% of residents
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
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. Here, 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Stokeinteignhead counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%). 18% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Of the 7 towns nearest Stokeinteignhead, 2 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stokeinteignhead | 345 | — | 54.8 | 32% | 19% |
| Shaldon | 1,717 | 1.3 mi | 60.7 | 42% | 16% |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 1.9 mi | 62 | 45% | 16% |
| Teignmouth | 15,314 | 2.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 21% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 2.7 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Torquay | 52,034 | 3.2 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 23% |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 3.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 3.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
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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 Stokeinteignhead’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 Stokeinteignhead’s residents
What is the population of Stokeinteignhead?
The 2021 Census counted 345 people in Stokeinteignhead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stokeinteignhead?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stokeinteignhead?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stokeinteignhead?
47% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Stokeinteignhead good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stokeinteignhead’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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