Photo: Lewis Clarke · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Dulverton is over 52.5, older than 93% of UK towns
With one-person households at 43%, Dulverton is ahead of 99% of UK towns on that count. The 2021 Census counted 845 residents in 434 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97% of the total. Fewer households in detached houses than in 87% of UK towns: 14%.
In Dulverton, 7.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Dulverton is ahead of 93% of UK towns on that count. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 18% in Dulverton, less 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Dulverton, 1.9. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are scarce here: 1.8%, fewer than in 78% of UK towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in flats than 73% of UK towns: 16%
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
22% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households without a car or van are more common here than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 92% of UK towns
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. At 4.4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in 73% of UK towns.
Residents with no religion: 45%, a higher share than 76% of UK towns
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 Dulverton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%.
Fewer married adults and civil partners than 84% of UK towns: 42%
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Dulverton comes in at 30%. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Dulverton, 10% of residents give unpaid care.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Dulverton’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 21% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Dulverton sits below 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulverton | 845 | — | 52.5 | 31% | 18% |
| Bampton | 1,294 | 4.1 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 18% |
| Tiverton | 19,710 | 9.5 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 26% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 10 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 10.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Witheridge | 1,306 | 11 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 23% |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 11.7 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 18% |
| Porlock | 1,178 | 12 mi | 64 | 48% | 10% |
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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 Dulverton’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 Dulverton’s residents
What is the population of Dulverton?
The 2021 Census counted 845 people in Dulverton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dulverton?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dulverton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dulverton?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Dulverton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dulverton’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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