Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0In Tedburn St Mary, 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 90% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Tedburn St Mary counted 722 residents and 319 households at the 2021 Census. In Tedburn St Mary, 50% of households live in a detached house. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 10% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
A median age of 50: Tedburn St Mary is older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. No age band is larger than 65–69: 8% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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%.
In Tedburn St Mary, 37% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.2%.
Tedburn St Mary: 4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, above 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.
Set against 30% across England’s towns, nearly a third of households are one person living alone in Tedburn St Mary. A household here holds 2.3 people on average. The share of shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns is 4.3%.
9.4% of households have no car or van, below 86% 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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 5.3% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van.
In Tedburn St Mary, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 82% of UK towns
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 EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.2%). On residents born outside the UK, Tedburn St Mary sits lower than nearly two thirds of UK towns: 4.8%. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Tedburn St Mary ranks above 80% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 95%
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 Tedburn St Mary · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Indian (0.1%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 54%, more than in just over three quarters of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. 39% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
Below 89% of UK towns: 26% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8%, about the same as across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 78% of UK towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. 19 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Among adults, 28% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Tedburn St Mary counts 28% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (18%).
Tedburn St Mary sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tedburn St Mary | 722 | — | 50 | 30% | 23% |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 4.2 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 6.2 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| Moretonhampstead | 1,334 | 6.3 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 23% |
| Exeter | 126,181 | 7.3 mi | 35.1 | 16% | 24% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 7.6 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Chagford | 1,107 | 8 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 18% |
| Exminster | 4,388 | 8.9 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 31% |
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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 Tedburn St Mary’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 Tedburn St Mary’s residents
What is the population of Tedburn St Mary?
The 2021 Census counted 722 people in Tedburn St Mary’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tedburn St Mary?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tedburn St Mary?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tedburn St Mary?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Tedburn St Mary good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tedburn St Mary’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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