Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0Bleadon is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 59.2
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 72% of households live in a detached house here. In 2021, the Census found 541 residents in Bleadon, living in 254 households. Households with dependent children account for 17%. On households in terraced houses, Bleadon sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 3.9%.
42% of Bleadon is 65 or over, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 6.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 6.1%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.4% of adults are full-time students in Bleadon. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 92% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. One-person households: 26% of the total.
A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1.2%
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
Set against 24% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households have no car or van in Bleadon. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.
In Bleadon, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 77% 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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 4.5%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 56% in Bleadon, more than in 83% 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: 95% of Bleadon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 77% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.6%), Indian (1.3%) and African (0.4%).
Above 99% of UK towns: 18% of residents give unpaid care
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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (60%), Bleadon is above 98% of UK towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care. 28 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 37% of adults in Bleadon, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Bleadon has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleadon | 541 | — | 59.2 | 42% | 17% |
| Hutton | 1,686 | 1.5 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 18% |
| Locking | 3,819 | 2.4 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Weston-super-Mare | 84,600 | 2.8 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Berrow and Brean | 2,252 | 3.5 mi | 58.5 | 38% | 15% |
| Banwell | 2,178 | 3.6 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 24% |
| West Wick | 2,425 | 3.7 mi | 33.3 | 7.4% | 45% |
| Kewstoke | 1,609 | 4.2 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 18% |
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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 Bleadon’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 Bleadon’s residents
What is the population of Bleadon?
The 2021 Census counted 541 people in Bleadon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bleadon?
The median age was 59.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 42% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bleadon?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bleadon?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bleadon good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bleadon’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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