Photo: Rodw at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Clutton: 36% of households have dependent children, above 95% of UK towns
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Clutton comes in at 5.5%. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.8%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. 1,630 residents in 619 households: that is Clutton at the 2021 Census. Here, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British.
What the Census says about Clutton’s people
A village of families
36% of Clutton’s 619 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 70% of UK towns: half of Clutton is under 41.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 8% of residents. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns: 7.1%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Clutton has 39% and 21%. Full-time students account for 4.6%. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 18% of households in Clutton are one person living alone
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 make up 2.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.6 people.
40% of households live in a detached house, more than in 75% 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Clutton comes in at 17%. Meanwhile, 1.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 40% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 89% 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 abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.1%), then in Africa (0.8%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.3%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion
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 Clutton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Chinese (0.3%). The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. Lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
More 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
Some 26 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Clutton has fewer adults who have never married than three fifths of UK towns, at 31%. On unpaid carers, 9.1% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Clutton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 34% have one at degree level (34%).
Nearby, 6 of 7 towns have older populations than Clutton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clutton | 1,630 | — | 41.9 | 19% | 36% |
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | 0.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 31% |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 1.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 29% |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 2.2 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 2.5 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 2.5 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 2.7 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 4 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Clutton’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 Clutton’s residents
What is the population of Clutton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,630 people in Clutton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clutton?
The median age was 41.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clutton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clutton?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Clutton good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clutton’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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