Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Catcott and Edington is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.3
19% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. In Catcott and Edington, 18% of households are one person living alone. At 4.7%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 98% of UK towns. The village had 911 residents in 388 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36%, a higher share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Full-time students: 3.8%, a lower share than 89% of UK towns
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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.1% in Catcott and Edington, more than in 79% 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 average, 2.3 people share a household. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 2.9%
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 figure for households in flats is 2.1% in Catcott and Edington and 23% across England’s towns. 73% of households live in a detached house. The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%.
In Catcott and Edington, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 76% 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Catcott and Edington comes in at 4.6%. For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 92% 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: 96% of Catcott and Edington · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55% here and 46% across England’s towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Across Catcott and Edington, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 63%
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
21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 92% of UK towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 23.
Degree-level qualifications: 40% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Catcott and Edington, 17%, while 40% hold one at degree level (34%).
Catcott and Edington is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catcott and Edington | 911 | — | 58.3 | 36% | 19% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 3.3 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 4.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 4.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Wedmore | 1,424 | 5.6 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 21% |
| Street | 12,707 | 5.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 6 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
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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 Catcott and Edington’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 Catcott and Edington’s residents
What is the population of Catcott and Edington?
The 2021 Census counted 911 people in Catcott and Edington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Catcott and Edington?
The median age was 58.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Catcott and Edington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Catcott and Edington?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Catcott and Edington good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Catcott and Edington’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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