The Refectory the Vicarage · Photo: Rodw · Public domainA smaller share of households in terraced houses than 97% of UK towns: 6%
In Congresbury, nearly one in ten households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 57% of the total. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.2, older than in 81% of UK towns. This Somerset town is home to 2,795 residents in 1,176 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Congresbury’s people
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 87% of UK towns; 16% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
28% of Congresbury is 65 or over, a higher share than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Congresbury, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Congresbury, 49.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
Full-time students: 8.5%, a higher share than 95% 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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Congresbury, 9.6%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Congresbury, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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, households average 2.4 people; in Congresbury, 2.4. By contrast, on households with dependent children, Congresbury sits lower than 70% of UK towns: 25%. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 4.2% here.
Congresbury sits above 91% of UK towns for households in detached houses (52%)
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
Households in flats: 3.9% here and 23% across England’s towns. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 71% of UK towns: 99%
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for 16% of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Here, 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 73% of UK towns, at 45%
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 Congresbury · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 48% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%. Across Congresbury, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Adults who have never married make up 27% in Congresbury, less than in 87% 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
Some 73 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Congresbury sits higher than 53% of UK towns: 9.5%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 41% 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 Congresbury, 41%, and 10% have none, against 18%. A levels top the qualifications of 20%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Of 514 UK towns its size (2,500 to 4,000 people), the 162nd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Congresbury in age: Swillington (49.2), Marlow Bottom (49.2), Timsbury (49.2) and Petworth (49.2).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Congresbury
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Congresbury’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 Congresbury’s residents
What is the population of Congresbury?
The 2021 Census counted 2,795 people in Congresbury’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Congresbury?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 81% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Congresbury?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Congresbury?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Congresbury good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Congresbury’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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