Brown's Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC01.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
50% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Woodbury Salterton is home to 644 residents in 267 households, by the 2021 Census. In Woodbury Salterton, 98% of residents describe themselves as White British. Lower than in 91% of UK towns: 24% of households are one person living alone.
Woodbury Salterton is older than 83% of UK towns: a median age of 49.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Across Woodbury Salterton, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Woodbury Salterton, 5.4% of adults are full-time students, more than in 72% 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%.
41% of Woodbury Salterton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Woodbury Salterton households average 2.4 people, larger than in 78% 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.
With households with dependent children at 26%, Woodbury Salterton is behind just over three fifths of UK towns on that count.
5.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% 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
The figure for households in flats is 3.8% in Woodbury Salterton and 23% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 15%.
Woodbury Salterton ranks above 99% of UK towns on 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 3.3%, fewer than in 87% of UK towns.
43% said they have no religion, more than in 61% of UK towns
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: 98% of Woodbury Salterton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up nearly half of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%.
In Woodbury Salterton, 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 69% 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
16 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married is 31%, against 39% across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Woodbury Salterton, 40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
Woodbury Salterton sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Salterton | 644 | — | 49.6 | 25% | 26% |
| Woodbury | 1,749 | 1.1 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 26% |
| Exton | 1,287 | 2.5 mi | 26 | 16% | 21% |
| Clyst St Mary | 1,193 | 2.7 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Lympstone | 1,838 | 3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Topsham | 4,193 | 3.1 mi | 55 | 37% | 17% |
| Clyst Honiton | 1,030 | 4 mi | 31.2 | 7.6% | 37% |
| Cranbrook | 4,936 | 4 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 Woodbury Salterton’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 Woodbury Salterton’s residents
What is the population of Woodbury Salterton?
The 2021 Census counted 644 people in Woodbury Salterton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woodbury Salterton?
The median age was 49.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woodbury Salterton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woodbury Salterton?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.1% didn’t answer.
Is Woodbury Salterton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woodbury Salterton’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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