Photo: Rodw · Public domainHouseholds with dependent children: 36%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
The figure for adults who have never married is 23% in Chew Stoke and 39% across England’s towns. The village is home to 832 residents in 318 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 6%. 21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 8% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. The median age in Chew Stoke is 44.7, higher than in 51% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns, at 7.2%
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%.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average
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.
4.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns.
57% of households live in a detached house, more than in 95% 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
6.8% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. On top of that, households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Chew Stoke it is 4.8%. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%).
Above 97% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Chew Stoke · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 49% here and 46% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, 43% of residents said they have no religion.
Above 99% of UK towns: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 19. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 7.5% here, fewer than in 91% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Chew Stoke, 48%, and 9.5% have none, against 18%.
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Chew Stoke
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chew Stoke | 832 | — | 44.7 | 23% | 36% |
| Chew Magna | 1,249 | 1.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 2.1 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Blagdon | 1,056 | 4.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Clutton | 1,630 | 4.4 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 36% |
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 4.8 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | 5.3 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 37% |
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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 Chew Stoke’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 Chew Stoke’s residents
What is the population of Chew Stoke?
The 2021 Census counted 832 people in Chew Stoke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chew Stoke?
The median age was 44.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chew Stoke?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chew Stoke?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chew Stoke good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chew Stoke’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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