Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Brushford is over 58.3, older than 99% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, above 98% of UK towns. Just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 87% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 233 residents and 110 households in Brushford. The census found that 0.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
In Brushford, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Brushford has 9.9%. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.9%
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 6.4%, Brushford is behind 93% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 15% of households have dependent children
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.
One-person households make up 32%, against 30% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. Households average 2.1 people.
In Brushford, 9.9% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 82% 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
The share of households in detached houses tops 71% of UK towns: 37%. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Below 95% of UK towns: 2.6% of residents were born outside the UK
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
In Brushford, 100% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
No religion: 27% of residents, a lower share than 96% 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: 97% of Brushford · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
66% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 99% 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
Here 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 8.3% in Brushford.
22% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Brushford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 28% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Brushford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushford | 233 | — | 58.3 | 34% | 15% |
| Bampton | 1,294 | 2.9 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 18% |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 8.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 9.7 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 9.9 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 10.3 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Willand | 3,477 | 11.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 12 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Brushford’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 Brushford’s residents
What is the population of Brushford?
The 2021 Census counted 233 people in Brushford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brushford?
The median age was 58.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brushford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brushford?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Brushford good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brushford’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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