Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.047% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 84% of UK towns
In Batheaston, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Batheaston was home to 3,878 people in 1,584 households. Households without a car or van account for 12%. The town has more married adults and civil partners than 74% of UK towns, at 52%.
Half of Batheaston is over 46.1, older than 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Batheaston, 46.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6% of adults are full-time students, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
One in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). On average, 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.
Larger households than 79% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
At 4.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 29% here, more than in 70% of UK towns.
Batheaston sits above 67% of UK towns for households in detached houses (36%)
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 terraced houses is 25%, against 24% across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house.
Batheaston: 12% of residents were born outside the UK, above 80% of UK towns
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
16% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 97% of the total. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.
87% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 75% 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 Batheaston · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (6.3%), Mixed or multiple (3%) and Chinese (0.8%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Lower than in four fifths of UK towns: 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Fewer unpaid carers than 83% of UK towns: 8%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 66 residents. On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Batheaston has 32%.
54% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Batheaston counts 54% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.1% have no qualification (18%).
241st youngest of 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Batheaston in age: Kelvedon and Feering (46.1), Stoke Poges (46.1), Willand (46.1) and Hope (46.1).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Batheaston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batheaston | 3,878 | — | 46.1 | 21% | 29% |
| Bathford | 1,153 | 1 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 26% |
| Bathampton | 1,698 | 1 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 28% |
| Box | 1,287 | 3 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 3 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Colerne | 2,415 | 3.5 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 38% |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 3.8 mi | 51.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 4.2 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 27% |
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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 Batheaston’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 Batheaston’s residents
What is the population of Batheaston?
The 2021 Census counted 3,878 people in Batheaston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Batheaston?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 62% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Batheaston?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Batheaston?
47% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Batheaston good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Batheaston’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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