Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Cross is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 57.7
A fifth of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 89% of UK towns: 9.8%. There were 132 households in Cross at the 2021 Census, home to 290 residents.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 33%.
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 full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.2%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Cross, 55% and 11%. The village has fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 4.9%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Cross sits below 77% of UK towns for one-person households (27%)
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.
A household here has 2.2 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 3%
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
1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. For Cross, the census puts households in detached houses at 69%.
Cross ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) or in Africa (1%). Lower than in three fifths of UK towns: 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Cross ranks above 93% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%
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: 97% of Cross · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Mixed or multiple (2.8%), Other White (0.3%) and Indian (0.3%). As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Higher than in 82% of UK towns: 46% of residents said they have no religion. By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (50%), Cross is above 50% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married make up 20% in Cross, less than in 99% 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
The share of married adults and civil partners tops 98% of UK towns: 60%. One in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 61% of UK towns. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Cross’s adults: 40% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Cross is older than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Cross’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 Cross’s residents
What is the population of Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 290 people in Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cross?
The median age was 57.7 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cross?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cross?
46% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Cross good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cross’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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