Photo: Unknown author · Public domainBathampton: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 89% of UK towns
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 87% of residents describe themselves as White British in Bathampton. Census figures put adults who have never married at 24% here. On households in terraced houses, Bathampton sits lower than 74% of UK towns: 14%. The village is home to 1,698 residents in 724 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Bathampton’s people
Many older residents
29% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 89% of UK towns; 19% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 49.3: Bathampton is older than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with 7.7% of residents. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 80% of UK towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 81% of UK towns: 5.8%
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%.
52% of Bathampton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in 78% of UK towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Bathampton, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 73% of UK towns
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. On the census count, 28% of households have dependent children. At 31%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 61% of UK towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 76% of UK towns, at 40%
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 10% in Bathampton. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 14%.
Above 76% of UK towns: 11% of residents were born outside the UK
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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 16% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in 53% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.8%).
No religion: 42% of residents, a higher share than 58% of UK towns
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: 87% of Bathampton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Chinese (1.2%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns.
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 91% 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
31 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 8.9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 63% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
55% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Bathampton, 55%, and 9.8% have none, against 18%.
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Bathampton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathampton | 1,698 | — | 49.3 | 29% | 28% |
| Batheaston | 3,878 | 1 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Bathford | 1,153 | 1.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 26% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 2.3 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 3.4 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 27% |
| Box | 1,287 | 3.5 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Colerne | 2,415 | 4.5 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 38% |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 4.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Bathampton’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 Bathampton’s residents
What is the population of Bathampton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,698 people in Bathampton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bathampton?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bathampton?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bathampton?
42% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Bathampton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bathampton’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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