The Castle · Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of UK towns: 7.4%
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Beckington comes in at 1.4%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,001, in 433 households. 5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.
What the Census says about Beckington’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Beckington’s residents are under 50.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 50.2: Beckington is older than 86% 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: 8.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
6.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
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%.
46% of Beckington’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Beckington, 4.7% of adults are full-time students. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 72% of UK towns, at 27%
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.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 27% in Beckington. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.3 people.
Households in detached houses make up 44% in Beckington, more than in 83% of UK towns
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
Across Beckington, 20% of households live in a terraced house. 5.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 81% of UK towns; 44% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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
5.7% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%).
Above 87% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 96% of Beckington · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. In Beckington, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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 share of adults who have never married is 24%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Qualified to degree level: 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of adults in Beckington (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around Beckington, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckington | 1,001 | — | 50.2 | 28% | 27% |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 2.9 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Frome | 27,904 | 3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 29% |
| Southwick | 1,856 | 3.1 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 28% |
| Dilton Marsh | 1,958 | 3.2 mi | 50.4 | 26% | 23% |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 3.9 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 24% |
| Westbury | 16,394 | 4.2 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 4.4 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 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 Beckington’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 Beckington’s residents
What is the population of Beckington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,001 people in Beckington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beckington?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beckington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beckington?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Beckington good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beckington’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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