Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.8: Woolfardisworthy is older than 94% of UK towns
1.9% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). Lower than in 91% of UK towns: 21% of households have dependent children. Woolfardisworthy is home to 452 residents in 207 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses account for 52%.
In Woolfardisworthy, 32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Woolfardisworthy. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, below 60% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in a quarter of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 29% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.2% in Woolfardisworthy.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 79% 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.
In Woolfardisworthy, 31% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 73% of UK towns.
8.2% of households have no car or van, below 91% 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
Here a quarter of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. One household in every 12 has no car or van.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 90% of UK towns: 3.1%
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 its share of residents whose main language is English (99%), Woolfardisworthy is above three quarters of UK towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (0.7%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns, at 98%
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 Woolfardisworthy · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 31%, below 91% of UK towns. Meanwhile, 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 97% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%.
Adults who have never married make up 27% in Woolfardisworthy, less than in 84% 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
In Woolfardisworthy, 7.4% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. For Woolfardisworthy, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 52%. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%.
Among adults, 22% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Woolfardisworthy counts 22% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 3 of the 7 towns around Woolfardisworthy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolfardisworthy | 452 | — | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Westward Ho! | 3,468 | 8.2 mi | 58 | 38% | 15% |
| Bideford | 19,493 | 8.2 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Northam | 5,191 | 8.9 mi | 55.8 | 36% | 19% |
| Appledore | 1,711 | 10 mi | 56.6 | 34% | 17% |
| Great Torrington | 5,958 | 10.4 mi | 47.4 | 26% | 26% |
| Holsworthy | 3,472 | 10.5 mi | 43.6 | 25% | 25% |
| Stratton | 1,928 | 11.3 mi | 40.7 | 20% | 34% |
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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 Woolfardisworthy’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 Woolfardisworthy’s residents
What is the population of Woolfardisworthy?
The 2021 Census counted 452 people in Woolfardisworthy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woolfardisworthy?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woolfardisworthy?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woolfardisworthy?
31% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Woolfardisworthy good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woolfardisworthy’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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