Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Drayton is over 58
Households with dependent children make up 17%, against 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Drayton was home to 362 people in 160 households. 55% of households live in a detached house. On married adults and civil partners, Drayton sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 67%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 6.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.5% in Drayton, less than in 99% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Drayton. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns, at 21%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The typical household size is 2.3 people.
Drayton ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 2.5%
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: 0.6% here and 23% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, 8.7% of households live in a terraced house.
More residents whose main language is English than 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Drayton comes in at 5%. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
Above 94% of UK towns: 97% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Drayton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.2%), African (0.3%) and Arab (0.3%). Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 84% of UK towns. A third of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 19%
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
For 12 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The comparison figure for adults who have never married is 39% across England’s towns. 13% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% of UK towns.
38% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Drayton, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
The towns around Drayton are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton | 362 | — | 58 | 36% | 17% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 1 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 1.9 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 4.7 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 5.2 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 5.3 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 5.4 mi | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 6.1 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
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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 Drayton’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 Drayton’s residents
What is the population of Drayton?
The 2021 Census counted 362 people in Drayton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Drayton?
The median age was 58 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Drayton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Drayton?
33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Drayton good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Drayton’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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