Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bawdrip is over 54.8, older than 97% of UK towns
In Bawdrip, 18% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 0.5%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The village had 460 residents in 193 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van account for 3.7%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Bawdrip comes in at 9.6%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.6% of adults are full-time students in Bawdrip
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 34% of Bawdrip’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 22%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.3% here.
22% of households are one person living alone, below 95% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5.2%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
More detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 66% of households
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
Where 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Bawdrip has 7.7%. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Bawdrip, 3.9%. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%) and in Africa (0.9%).
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% 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: 98% of Bawdrip · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Bawdrip comes in at 57%. In Bawdrip, 38% of residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 13%
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Against that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Here, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Qualified to degree level: 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Bawdrip’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 30% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Bawdrip
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bawdrip | 460 | — | 54.8 | 28% | 18% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 1 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 1.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 3.1 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 3.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 3.7 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 5 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 5.2 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Bawdrip’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 Bawdrip’s residents
What is the population of Bawdrip?
The 2021 Census counted 460 people in Bawdrip’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bawdrip?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bawdrip?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bawdrip?
38% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bawdrip good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bawdrip’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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