Photo: Shazz · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Barrington is over 57.1
15% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). The 2021 Census counted 427 residents in 200 households. On the census count, 1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Barrington has more married adults and civil partners than 92% of UK towns, at 56%.
31% of Barrington is 65 or over, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Barrington has 8.2%. Against 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 90 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.
2.9% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
By class, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Barrington ranks below 83% of UK towns on one-person households: 26%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2%. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Barrington, 7.5% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 93% 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
With households in terraced houses at 13%, Barrington is behind 80% of UK towns on that count. At the same time, at 45%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 85% of UK towns. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 73% of UK towns don’t reach
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 EU countries (2.3%) and in Africa (1.9%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 93% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 96% of Barrington · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.6%), Arab (0.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). Barrington has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 78% of UK towns, at 54%. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 38% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%).
A higher share of unpaid carers than 93% of UK towns, at 12%
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
For 10 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. To put it in context, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Barrington has fewer adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns, at 26%.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 40% of adults in Barrington, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Barrington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 427 | — | 57.1 | 31% | 15% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 2.9 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 3.1 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4.3 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 4.6 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 20% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 4.7 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 4.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 5.3 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Somerset’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Somerset (or England), summed the same way as Barrington’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 Barrington’s residents
What is the population of Barrington?
The 2021 Census counted 427 people in Barrington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barrington?
The median age was 57.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barrington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barrington?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Barrington good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barrington’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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