Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0Cotford St Luke sits above 97% of UK towns for households with dependent children (39%)
Here 5.9% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. For Cotford St Luke, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 1.6%. On households in flats, Cotford St Luke sits lower than 74% of UK towns: 6.7%. In 2021, the Census found 2,411 residents locally, living in 928 households.
What the Census says about Cotford St Luke’s people
A village of families
39% of Cotford St Luke’s 928 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 97% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Cotford St Luke’s residents are under 36.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
51% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% 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).
A median age of 36.9: Cotford St Luke is younger than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 10–14, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. Across Cotford St Luke, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.1% of adults are full-time students, more than in 92% 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%.
By class, 41% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Locally, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 22% of households in Cotford St Luke 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Cotford St Luke, 2.6. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
37% of households live in a terraced house, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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, 30% of households live in a detached house. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 53% of UK towns: 98%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in Africa (1.3%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 22% (England’s towns: 21%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 96% of UK towns, at 51%
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 Cotford St Luke · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.3%). On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Cotford St Luke sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 42%. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
49% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 59% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. For Cotford St Luke, the census puts adults who have never married at 33%. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% 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 Cotford St Luke, 36%, and 8.2% have none, against 18%. 23% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Cotford St Luke sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | — | 36.9 | 12% | 39% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 1.3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3,770 | 2.1 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 31% |
| Milverton | 1,112 | 3.1 mi | 53.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 4.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Trull | 1,427 | 4.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 29% |
| Wellington | 13,815 | 4.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 25% |
| Rockwell Green | 2,854 | 5.3 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Cotford St Luke’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 Cotford St Luke’s residents
What is the population of Cotford St Luke?
The 2021 Census counted 2,411 people in Cotford St Luke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cotford St Luke?
The median age was 36.9 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cotford St Luke?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cotford St Luke?
51% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Cotford St Luke good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cotford St Luke’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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