Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Butleigh is over 54.2
With one-person households at 24%, Butleigh is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. Census figures put households without a car or van at 3% locally. Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. The 2021 Census counted 761 residents in 330 households.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Butleigh.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
5.7% of adults are full-time students, a share 79% 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 10% in Butleigh. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 68% of UK towns, at 25%
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 in Butleigh hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3% here.
62% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% 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
Here 16% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. On average, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. For Butleigh, the census puts households in flats at 3.3%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 89% 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
With residents born outside the UK at 9.4%, Butleigh is ahead of 71% of UK towns on that count. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%).
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 73% 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: 94% of Butleigh · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Butleigh has 36%. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 94%.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 96% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 21. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 9.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
47% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
47% of Butleigh’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have none (18%).
The towns around Butleigh are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butleigh | 761 | — | 54.2 | 31% | 25% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 2.4 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Street | 12,707 | 3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 3.8 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 3.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 4 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 6.3 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 6.4 mi | 51.9 | 28% | 23% |
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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 Butleigh’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 Butleigh’s residents
What is the population of Butleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 761 people in Butleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Butleigh?
The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Butleigh?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Butleigh?
36% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Butleigh good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Butleigh’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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