Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Yelverton is over 57.8
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Yelverton has 21%. At 11%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 85% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 1,856 residents and 814 households in the village. In Yelverton, 55% of households live in a detached house.
What the Census says about Yelverton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Yelverton’s residents are under 57.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 39% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
39% of Yelverton is 65 or over, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.6%, against 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 83% of UK towns, at 4%
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Yelverton sits below 97% of UK towns for households with dependent children (18%)
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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.1% of the total. At 31%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 61% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in flats than 77% of UK towns, at 17%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Yelverton comes in at 12%. The usual figure: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Yelverton sits above 66% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 17% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). 6% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 54% of UK towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns: 59%
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 Yelverton · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Chinese (0.3%). Higher than in 70% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Just over a third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 92% of UK towns: 57%
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
Unpaid carers: 11% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. 50 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Qualified to degree level: 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Yelverton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 45% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Yelverton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelverton | 1,856 | — | 57.8 | 39% | 18% |
| Horrabridge | 1,875 | 1.1 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 24% |
| Tavistock | 12,676 | 4.3 mi | 51.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Bere Alston | 2,259 | 4.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Princetown | 1,442 | 5.6 mi | 42.7 | 17% | 25% |
| Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel | 3,506 | 6.2 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Plymouth | 266,970 | 7.2 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Saltash | 15,433 | 8.3 mi | 48 | 26% | 26% |
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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 Yelverton’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 Yelverton’s residents
What is the population of Yelverton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,856 people in Yelverton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yelverton?
The median age was 57.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yelverton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yelverton?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Yelverton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yelverton’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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