Photo: Rodw · CC0Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6% in Blagdon, less than in 96% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 52%, above 91% of UK towns. The census found that 7.2% of households have no car or van in Blagdon. Fewer one-person households than in 85% of UK towns: 25%. At the 2021 Census Blagdon was home to 1,056 people in 448 households.
Half of Blagdon is over 49.3, older than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 27% of residents, against 18% across England’s 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
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
5.3% of adults are full-time students, a share 69% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Blagdon has 49% and 14%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.8%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.3 people per household, more than in 63% 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.
Households with dependent children make up 27%, against 29% across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5% in Blagdon.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 88% of UK towns: 10%
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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment here. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 4.4%, a lower share than 73% 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
98% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In Blagdon, 42% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 88% 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: 94% of Blagdon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 94%, Blagdon is ahead of 69% of UK towns on that count. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Chinese (0.2%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in 83% of UK towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 91% of UK towns: 56%
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
In Blagdon, 9.7% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Here, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 51% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 51% of adults in Blagdon (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
Older than Blagdon: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blagdon | 1,056 | — | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Wrington | 1,997 | 3.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Churchill | 1,989 | 3.1 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 30% |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 3.4 mi | 53.1 | 30% | 24% |
| Cheddar | 5,841 | 4.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 4.7 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 5 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 22% |
| Axbridge | 1,998 | 5 mi | 49.2 | 24% | 25% |
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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 Blagdon’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 Blagdon’s residents
What is the population of Blagdon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,056 people in Blagdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blagdon?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blagdon?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blagdon?
46% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 8.8% didn’t answer.
Is Blagdon good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blagdon’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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