Photo: Rob Purvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Tipton St John is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.3
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 6.9% of households live in a terraced house in Tipton St John. The village had 643 residents in 291 households at the 2021 Census. For Tipton St John, the census puts households without a car or van at 6.1%. Higher than in 84% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Above 99% of UK towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Here, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. By way of comparison, 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 89 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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 43% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). At 6%, the share of full-time students is higher than in 84% of UK towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 15% of households in Tipton St John have dependent children
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Tipton St John. One-person households are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns.
Tipton St John ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 75%
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
Here 1% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Tipton St John sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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
Born outside the UK: 4.7% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2%), then in Africa (0.9%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 53% of UK towns: 41%
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 Tipton St John · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.5%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Higher than in 52% of UK towns: 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Higher than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 15 people.
Among adults, 44% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Tipton St John counts 44% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Tipton St John
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton St John | 643 | — | 59.3 | 39% | 15% |
| Newton Poppleford | 1,918 | 1.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| West Hill | 2,109 | 1.9 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 27% |
| Ottery St Mary | 6,043 | 2.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 29% |
| Sidmouth | 13,258 | 2.7 mi | 60.4 | 43% | 16% |
| Whimple | 1,120 | 4.6 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Feniton | 1,725 | 4.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 30% |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 5.8 mi | 30.5 | 4.7% | 44% |
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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 Tipton St John’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 Tipton St John’s residents
What is the population of Tipton St John?
The 2021 Census counted 643 people in Tipton St John’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tipton St John?
The median age was 59.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tipton St John?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 4.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tipton St John?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Tipton St John good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tipton St John’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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