Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Burton is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.2
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 3.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Burton. Higher than in 97% of UK towns: 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 756, in 339 households. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 1.5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The usual figure: 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.
Only 4.6% of adults are full-time students in Burton
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Burton has 38% and 20%. Locally, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
22% of households have dependent children, below 88% 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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Burton, 28%. The average household has 2.3 people. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 93% of UK towns: 7.5%
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
Households in detached houses: 53%, above 92% of UK towns. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%. For Burton, the census puts households in terraced houses at 20%.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 89% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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
Here 99% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (0.7%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Burton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Burton comes in at 36%. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 58% locally.
22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Burton comes in at 12%. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Burton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Burton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 756 | — | 53.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 1.8 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 2.3 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 4.8 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 5.7 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 5.8 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 6.2 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 6.3 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Burton’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 Burton’s residents
What is the population of Burton?
The 2021 Census counted 756 people in Burton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burton?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burton?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Burton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burton’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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