Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0In Coxley, 6.2% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
In Coxley, 36% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Here, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. The village had 479 residents in 195 households at the 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of UK towns, at 13%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 10% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 19% in Coxley. With a median age of 43.6, Coxley is younger than 57% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.1%, a lower share than 83% 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%.
The share of full-time students is 5%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more 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.
Nothing unusual on households with dependent children: 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 97% of UK towns.
7.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 70% 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
The share of households in terraced houses is 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 97% of residents have English as their main language in Coxley
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 (4.2%), then in Africa (1%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 6.5% here, more than in 52% of UK towns.
Coxley ranks above 71% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 44%
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 Coxley · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (0.2%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 92%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is lower than in 52% of UK towns. Meanwhile, across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Coxley, 50%.
37% of adults have never married, more than in 77% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 11 people. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. At 9.4%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 52% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Coxley’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 32% have one at degree level (34%).
Older than Coxley: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxley | 479 | — | 43.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Wells | 12,097 | 2.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 2.9 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 4.3 mi | 51.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Street | 12,707 | 5.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 5.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Draycott | 1,069 | 5.7 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 5.8 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 27% |
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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 Coxley’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 Coxley’s residents
What is the population of Coxley?
The 2021 Census counted 479 people in Coxley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coxley?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coxley?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coxley?
44% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Coxley good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coxley’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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