Photo: Lew747 · CC BY-SA 3.048% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 89% of UK towns
16% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Tiverton’s population at 19,710, in 8,696 households. Households in terraced houses: 31% of the total. The median age locally is 42.5, lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tiverton’s people
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11% in Tiverton, more than in 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 6.8% of residents. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 22% here, more than in just over half of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Budleigh Salterton, the oldest of Devon’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Tiverton, 42.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 10% in Tiverton, more than in 80% of UK towns
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%.
Full-time students: 4.9%, above 53% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 33% in Tiverton, more than in 72% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Tiverton, 2.2. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that just over a quarter of households have dependent children locally. On shared households of unrelated adults, Tiverton sits higher than 69% of UK towns: 2.8%.
21% of households have no car or van, more than in 77% 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
By its share of households in detached houses (22%), Tiverton is below 68% of UK towns. Every 5th household or so has no car or van.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 76% of UK towns: 95%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1%). More residents born outside the UK than in 62% of UK towns: 7.7%. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 19%.
Tiverton sits below 82% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (44%)
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: 92% of Tiverton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (5.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.4%). Tiverton has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 53% of UK towns, at 92%. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Above 64% of UK towns: 35% 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
At 44%, the share of married adults and civil partners is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Some 581 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 53% of UK towns. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of Tiverton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 40 in Tiverton East to 47 in Tiverton North & Outer
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Tiverton North & Outer is the oldest area, with 26% aged 65 or over; Tiverton East the youngest (median age 40). Families with children are most common in Tiverton East (28% of households).
310 UK towns of 14,000 to 27,000 people: this is the 107th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 57.2 in South Hayling. Nearest to Tiverton in age: Heanor (42.5), Blaby and Whetstone (42.5), Gorseinon (42.5) and Church Village (42.5).
Tiverton and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiverton | 19,710 | — | 42.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 4.5 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Willand | 3,477 | 4.8 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Cullompton | 8,895 | 5.1 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Bampton | 1,294 | 5.7 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 18% |
| Bradninch | 1,827 | 6.1 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 32% |
| Silverton | 1,501 | 6.2 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 22% |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 6.5 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Tiverton’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 Tiverton’s residents
What is the population of Tiverton?
The 2021 Census counted 19,710 people in Tiverton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tiverton?
The median age was 42.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 66% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tiverton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tiverton?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Tiverton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Tiverton East (28% of households). Schools are on Tiverton’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) · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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