Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Charlton Mackrell is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.6
17% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. In Charlton Mackrell, 62% of households live in a detached house. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 97% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 353 residents in 162 households.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Charlton Mackrell comes in at 8.5%. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.1% here and 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Charlton Mackrell ranks below 94% of UK towns on one-person households: 23%
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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. In Charlton Mackrell, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% 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
4.4% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. On top of that, households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
In Charlton Mackrell, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 4.6% in Charlton Mackrell. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%).
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 91% 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 Charlton Mackrell · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (1.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.3%). Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 33% of residents said they have no religion. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Charlton Mackrell, less than in 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
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Charlton Mackrell comes in at 58%. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 8.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Charlton Mackrell’s adults: 43% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Charlton Mackrell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Mackrell | 353 | — | 58.6 | 36% | 17% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 1.6 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 2.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 3.5 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Street | 12,707 | 5.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 6.1 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 6.6 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 6.6 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
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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 Charlton Mackrell’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 Charlton Mackrell’s residents
What is the population of Charlton Mackrell?
The 2021 Census counted 353 people in Charlton Mackrell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Charlton Mackrell?
The median age was 58.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Charlton Mackrell?
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 Charlton Mackrell?
33% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Charlton Mackrell good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Charlton Mackrell’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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