Photo: The original uploader was Icrutt at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 8.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Clevedon
Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 81% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Clevedon was home to 21,084 people in 9,562 households. The share of one-person households stands at 34%. By its share of residents with no religion (45%), Clevedon is above just over three quarters of UK towns.
A change of +1% since 2011 leaves Clevedon behind 81% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Clevedon’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 21,300 people in 2011; 21,500 in 2024.
Mid-2012 to mid-2013 brought the biggest yearly rise, 150 people. The 65 and over age group changed most (+23%) and the 16 to 29 least (−13%).
Half of Clevedon is over 48.3, older than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 27%, more than in four fifths of UK towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Clevedon, 48.3. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 77% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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%.
Here 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 81% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.2% in Clevedon.
Households in flats make up 23% in Clevedon, more than in 88% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Clevedon has 21%. Locally, 14% of households have no car or van. On households in detached houses, Clevedon sits lower than 67% of UK towns: 23%.
More residents born abroad than 56% of UK towns: 6.9% in Clevedon
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%). By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. At 97%, the share of residents whose main language is English is lower than in 55% of UK towns. Since 2017: 13% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns.
47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 67% 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: 92% of Clevedon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.3%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Clevedon sits higher than just over half of UK towns: 92%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Only 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Clevedon
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
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, half of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 9%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of adults in Clevedon (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
From a median age of 44 in Clevedon South & Yeo to 53 in Clevedon North & Walton
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Clevedon North & Walton is the oldest area, with 32% aged 65 or over; Clevedon South & Yeo the youngest (median age 44). Families with children are most common in Clevedon South & Yeo (25% of households).
Of 273 UK towns its size (15,000 to 28,000 people), the 30th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bangor (26.4), the youngest, and South Hayling (57.2), the oldest. Nearest to Clevedon in age: Crowborough (48.2), Streetly (48.3), Maghull (48.4) and Chester-le-Street (48.6).
Clevedon and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clevedon | 21,084 | — | 48.3 | 27% | 24% |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 3.5 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 4.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Portishead | 26,351 | 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 29% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 5.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 5.2 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 25% |
| West Wick | 2,425 | 6.2 mi | 33.3 | 7.4% | 45% |
| Kewstoke | 1,609 | 6.5 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 18% |
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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 Clevedon’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Clevedon’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 21,404 people in 2021, against 21,084 in the built-up area.
- 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 Clevedon’s residents
What is the population of Clevedon?
The 2021 Census counted 21,084 people in Clevedon’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 21,500 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Clevedon?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 76% of UK towns. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clevedon?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clevedon?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Clevedon good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Clevedon South & Yeo (25% of households). Schools are on Clevedon’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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