Photo: Penny Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bathpool is over 52.1, older than 92% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 6.8%, below 96% of UK towns. Here, 8.2% of households live in a terraced house. Bathpool has more married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns, at 55%. At the 2021 Census, 367 people lived here, in 159 households.
Bathpool ranks above 70% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Bathpool, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 78% of UK towns: 5.7% of adults are full-time students
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 9%, Bathpool is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count. To put it in context, 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.
A lower share of one-person households than 94% of UK towns, at 23%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Bathpool, 2.3. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here, 24% of households have dependent children. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 97% of UK towns.
Bathpool ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in flats: 0.6%
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
By its share of households in detached houses (64%), Bathpool is above 98% of UK towns. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
96% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 71% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 8.2% here, more than in 65% of UK towns.
Bathpool sits above 65% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (52%)
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: 91% of Bathpool · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.6%. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Lower than in just over three quarters of UK towns: 37% of residents said they have no religion. With residents who describe themselves as White British at 91%, Bathpool is behind 56% of UK towns on that count.
12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 98% 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 28% in Bathpool and 39% across England’s towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Bathpool, 10%, while 35% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Bathpool
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathpool | 367 | — | 52.1 | 25% | 24% |
| Monkton Heathfield | 4,584 | 0.6 mi | 34.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Creech St Michael | 2,327 | 1 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 30% |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 1.1 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 22% |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 1.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Trull | 1,427 | 3.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 29% |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3,770 | 3.5 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 31% |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 4 mi | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
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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 Bathpool’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 Bathpool’s residents
What is the population of Bathpool?
The 2021 Census counted 367 people in Bathpool’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bathpool?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bathpool?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bathpool?
37% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Bathpool good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bathpool’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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