Photo: Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Edithmead is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 58.6
One-person households make up 36%, against 30% across England’s towns. 514 residents in 249 households: that is Edithmead at the 2021 Census. For Edithmead, the census puts households in flats at 1.2%. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 89% of UK towns.
Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 5.2% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 13% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 34%. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 0.9%
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.
Fewer family households than 99% of UK towns: 11% in Edithmead
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.
The typical household size is 2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 54% of UK towns.
Households in terraced houses: 4.8%, a lower share than 98% 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 10% of households have no car or van here. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 60% of UK towns.
Edithmead sits above 88% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Edithmead has fewer residents born outside the UK than 76% of UK towns, at 4.1%. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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: 95% of Edithmead · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Edithmead has 34%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 95%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns, at 21%
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
Married people and civil partners make up 55% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 16 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Among adults, 16% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 16% of adults in Edithmead (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 35% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Edithmead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edithmead | 514 | — | 58.6 | 34% | 11% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 1.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 1.7 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
| Berrow and Brean | 2,252 | 3.8 mi | 58.5 | 38% | 15% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 4.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 4.8 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Wedmore | 1,424 | 6 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 21% |
| Hutton | 1,686 | 6.3 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 18% |
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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 Edithmead’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 Edithmead’s residents
What is the population of Edithmead?
The 2021 Census counted 514 people in Edithmead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Edithmead?
The median age was 58.6 at the 2021 Census. 5.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edithmead?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edithmead?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Edithmead good for families?
11% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edithmead’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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