Photo: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57: Corston is older than 98% of UK towns
In Corston, a fifth of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Across Corston, just over one in ten households have no car or van. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 87% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 502 residents and 196 households here.
Above 99% of UK towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Corston has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of UK towns, at 12%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Corston ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 14%
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%.
There is little gap on full-time students: 8.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. For comparison, 11% of 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 5.6% in Corston, more than in 97% 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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Lower than in 70% of UK towns: 28% of households are one person living alone. As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
In Corston, 37% of households live in a detached house, more than in 71% 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
Here 26% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Households in flats account for 11%. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 72% of UK towns: 9.6%
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
In Corston, 96% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 60% of UK towns: 91%
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: 91% of Corston · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (5.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Caribbean (0.2%). As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On residents with no religion, Corston sits lower than 72% of UK towns: 37%.
Unpaid carers make up 11% in Corston, more than in 90% 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
Half of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Adults who have never married: 29% of the total. To put it in context, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
35% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
20% of Corston’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 35% have one at degree level (34%). Many still at university: 19% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Every neighbour of Corston has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corston | 502 | — | 57 | 39% | 20% |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 1 mi | 18.8 | 3.2% | 19% |
| Saltford | 4,133 | 1.2 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 27% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 3.1 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 3.6 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 4.4 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Wick | 1,579 | 4.7 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Corston’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 Corston’s residents
What is the population of Corston?
The 2021 Census counted 502 people in Corston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Corston?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Corston?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Corston?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Corston good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Corston’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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