Church of St David · Photo: Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0Barton St David is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 61.3
Households without a car or van make up 4%, against 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Barton St David’s 124 households held 285 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone.
41% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 13% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1% in Barton St David. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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 smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 4.5%
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 Barton St David, half of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 8.3% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students: 4% of the total.
Below 99% of UK towns: 16% of households have dependent children
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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
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 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Barton St David comes in at 80%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 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
Residents born outside the UK make up 5.9%, against 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the rest of Europe (1.4%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 86% of UK towns: 56%
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: 95% of Barton St David · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. The census found that 36% of residents said they have no religion in Barton St David. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Barton St David: 73% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 99% 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
4 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. At 17%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.4%, from the figure across England’s towns.
55% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 55% of Barton St David’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Barton St David
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton St David | 285 | — | 61.3 | 41% | 16% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 1 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 4.3 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Street | 12,707 | 4.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 5.1 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 5.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 5.5 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 5.9 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 21% |
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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 Barton St David’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 Barton St David’s residents
What is the population of Barton St David?
The 2021 Census counted 285 people in Barton St David’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barton St David?
The median age was 61.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 41% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barton St David?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barton St David?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Barton St David good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barton St David’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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