Photo: John Lucas · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Teignmouth is over 51.8, older than 91% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Teignmouth, 36%. Census day 2021: 15,314 residents and 7,162 households here. In Teignmouth, just over a fifth of households have dependent children. 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 70% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Teignmouth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Teignmouth’s residents are under 51.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
A town of flats
30% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 95% of UK towns. 22% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Teignmouth’s population moved +2% on 2011, less than in 77% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Teignmouth’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 14,700 people in 2011; 15,000 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2012 to mid-2013: 220 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+23%) and the 16 to 29 least (−15%).
30% of Teignmouth is 65 or over, a higher share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6%, against 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Teignmouth, 51.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Teignmouth sits below 87% of UK towns for full-time students (3.9%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 25% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.6% in Teignmouth.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 91% 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.
3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%.
30% of households live in a flat, more than in 95% 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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Teignmouth has 18%. Just over a fifth of households have no car or van, a higher share than in 78% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 34% here.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 73% of UK towns, at 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for just over one in ten residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On the census count, 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 75% of UK towns: 45%
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: 94% of Teignmouth · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. Lower than in 67% of UK towns: 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.2%).
In Teignmouth, 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 57% of UK towns
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
Here one in ten residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. 432 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
32% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 32% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Among 354 UK towns of 11,000 to 21,000 people, the 15th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Aberystwyth is the youngest (25); Sidmouth the oldest (60.4). Nearest to Teignmouth in age: Sandown (51.7), Tavistock (51.7), Dawlish (52) and New Milton (52.1).
Older than Teignmouth: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teignmouth | 15,314 | — | 51.8 | 30% | 21% |
| Shaldon | 1,717 | 1.1 mi | 60.7 | 42% | 16% |
| Bishopsteignton | 2,271 | 1.8 mi | 62 | 45% | 16% |
| Dawlish | 11,800 | 2.6 mi | 52 | 30% | 20% |
| Dawlish Warren | 1,191 | 3.8 mi | 58 | 36% | 17% |
| Kingsteignton | 11,945 | 4.1 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 27% |
| Kingskerswell | 3,761 | 5 mi | 52.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Newton Abbot | 29,650 | 5.1 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 27% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Teignmouth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Teignmouth’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,932 people in 2021, against 15,314 in the built-up area.
- 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 Teignmouth’s residents
What is the population of Teignmouth?
The 2021 Census counted 15,314 people in Teignmouth’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 15,000 people in mid-2024, 2% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Teignmouth?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Teignmouth?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Teignmouth?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Teignmouth good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Teignmouth’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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