Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%
Here 2.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. The census found that 97% of residents describe themselves as White British in Chedzoy. On households with dependent children, Chedzoy sits lower than 93% of UK towns: 20%. The village is home to 449 residents in 176 households, by the 2021 Census.
Older than 87% of UK towns: half of Chedzoy is over 50.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 24% of residents are 65 or over here. On residents aged 15 to 24, 12% here is much the same as 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 69% of UK towns: 4.4%
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. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Chedzoy ranks below 97% of UK towns on one-person households: 20%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 4.6%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Households in terraced houses make up 5.7% in Chedzoy, less 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
58% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Residents born outside the UK: 4.2%, below 74% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in Africa (1.3%).
In Chedzoy, 46% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 80% 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: 97% of Chedzoy · 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%. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 6 people. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. On adults who have never married, Chedzoy sits lower than 86% of UK towns: 27%. The share of unpaid carers tops three quarters of UK towns: 10%.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of adults in Chedzoy (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Chedzoy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chedzoy | 449 | — | 50.5 | 24% | 20% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 1.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 2.3 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 2.4 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 2.7 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 3.4 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 4.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 23% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 5.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 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 Chedzoy’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 Chedzoy’s residents
What is the population of Chedzoy?
The 2021 Census counted 449 people in Chedzoy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chedzoy?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chedzoy?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chedzoy?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Chedzoy good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chedzoy’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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