Photo: John C · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.3: Carhampton is older than 98% of UK towns
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 1.6% in Carhampton. For Carhampton, the census puts households with dependent children at 14%. At 26%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 88% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 794 residents in 376 households.
37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 7.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Carhampton. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Carhampton sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.8%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 27% of Carhampton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 28%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 85% 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 4% here is much the same as across England’s towns. For Carhampton, the census puts one-person households at 31%.
Fewer car-free households than 64% of UK towns: 13%
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 34% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. One household in 8 has no car or van.
Carhampton sits below 94% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (2.8%)
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 whose main language is English tops 93% of UK towns: 99%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 98% of UK towns: 97%
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 Carhampton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are more common here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 50% in Carhampton, more than in 63% 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
Some 25 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 9.7%, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
A degree-level qualification for 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Carhampton counts 24% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 24% have no qualification (18%).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Carhampton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carhampton | 794 | — | 57.3 | 37% | 14% |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 3.1 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 18% |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 4 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 19% |
| Williton | 2,433 | 4.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Porlock | 1,178 | 7.9 mi | 64 | 48% | 10% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 10.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 11.4 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 Carhampton’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 Carhampton’s residents
What is the population of Carhampton?
The 2021 Census counted 794 people in Carhampton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Carhampton?
The median age was 57.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Carhampton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Carhampton?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Carhampton good for families?
14% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Carhampton’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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