Photo: John Lord · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Cleeve is over 52.5, older than 93% of UK towns
7.9% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 717 residents in 299 households. Here, 7.6% of households have no car or van. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Cleeve, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. For comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s 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.
In Cleeve, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 69% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Cleeve has 4.6%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Cleeve has 25%. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home locally.
2.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
By its share of households in detached houses (46%), Cleeve is above 86% of UK towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns, at 97%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%) and in EU countries (1.4%). Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 58% of UK towns: 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 70% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Cleeve · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.5%), Indian (1%) and Chinese (0.7%). At 40%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 56% of UK towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian here.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns: 56%
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
22 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Higher than in 57% of UK towns: 9.6% of residents give unpaid care.
33% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of Cleeve’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Cleeve are all younger
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Cleeve’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 Cleeve’s residents
What is the population of Cleeve?
The 2021 Census counted 717 people in Cleeve’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cleeve?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cleeve?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cleeve?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Cleeve good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cleeve’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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