Marshwood Farmhouse · Photo: Simon Cobb · CC0A median age of 69.5: Blue Anchor is older than 99% of UK towns
3.3% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 98% of UK towns: 1.2%. Blue Anchor’s 86 households held 176 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 4.7% of households have dependent children.
65% of Blue Anchor is 65 or over, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
3.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the 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 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.
Blue Anchor sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (1.8%)
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%.
37% of Blue Anchor’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6.8%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 1.9 people, below 99% 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.
24% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%).
In Blue Anchor, 57% of households live in a detached house, more than in 94% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (7.8%), Blue Anchor is below 94% of UK towns. 6.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 74% of UK towns; 57% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Blue Anchor, more than in 82% 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (4.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. The share of residents born outside the UK is 6.3%, against 18% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Blue Anchor, 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: 99% of Blue Anchor · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
67% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. In Blue Anchor, nearly a quarter of residents said they have no religion.
Only 13% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Blue Anchor
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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.5%, from the figure across England’s towns. For Blue Anchor, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 64%. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 35% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Blue Anchor (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 18% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Blue Anchor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Anchor | 176 | — | 69.5 | 65% | 4.7% |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 3.3 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 19% |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 3.5 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 18% |
| Williton | 2,433 | 3.8 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Porlock | 1,178 | 8.5 mi | 64 | 48% | 10% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 10.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 10.8 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 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 Blue Anchor’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 Blue Anchor’s residents
What is the population of Blue Anchor?
The 2021 Census counted 176 people in Blue Anchor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blue Anchor?
The median age was 69.5 at the 2021 Census. 3.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 65% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blue Anchor?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Blue Anchor?
24% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Blue Anchor good for families?
4.7% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blue Anchor’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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