Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Zeal Monachorum is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.1
0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Households in terraced houses: 6.1% of the total. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Zeal Monachorum sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 98%. The village counted 408 residents and 164 households at the 2021 Census.
Above 78% of UK towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Across Zeal Monachorum, 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 Zeal Monachorum, 6.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 96% 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%.
In Zeal Monachorum, 40% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4% of the total.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns, at 22%
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 6.1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.5 people. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns.
Only 3.7% of households in Zeal Monachorum have no car or van
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 share of households in detached houses is 68%, against 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%) and in EU countries (0.3%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The share of residents whose main language is English is 100%, against 90% across England’s towns.
Zeal Monachorum sits above 79% of UK towns for residents with no religion (46%)
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 Zeal Monachorum · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 49%, against 46% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
More unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns: 12% of residents
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
Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Zeal Monachorum has 30%. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 90% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Zeal Monachorum compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Zeal Monachorum is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeal Monachorum | 408 | — | 52.1 | 26% | 22% |
| Bow | 1,122 | 1.5 mi | 46.8 | 22% | 25% |
| Copplestone | 1,475 | 3.3 mi | 40 | 18% | 31% |
| North Tawton | 1,785 | 3.7 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 25% |
| Morchard Bishop | 1,041 | 3.9 mi | 52.8 | 30% | 24% |
| Winkleigh | 1,342 | 6 mi | 53 | 33% | 21% |
| Chulmleigh | 1,232 | 6.9 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 20% |
| Crediton | 7,971 | 7.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Zeal Monachorum’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 Zeal Monachorum’s residents
What is the population of Zeal Monachorum?
The 2021 Census counted 408 people in Zeal Monachorum’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Zeal Monachorum?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Zeal Monachorum?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Zeal Monachorum?
46% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Zeal Monachorum good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Zeal Monachorum’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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