Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Evercreech ranks below 92% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%
23% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. In Evercreech, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 78% of UK towns, at 11%. At the 2021 Census Evercreech was home to 2,165 people in 969 households.
Half of Evercreech is over 49.1, older than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 9.2% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Evercreech ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.6%
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%.
7.1% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Evercreech households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 72% 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.
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Across Evercreech, 3.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats: 8.9%, a lower share than 61% 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
21% of households live in a terraced house. Fewer households in detached houses than in 51% of UK towns: 29%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 55% of UK towns, at 5.9%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) or in Africa (1.4%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 54% of UK towns.
Evercreech sits above 57% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (51%)
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 Evercreech · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.3%). 42% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 56% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 69% of UK towns: 30%
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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 61. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 49%, more than in three fifths of UK towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns.
26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 26% of its adults qualified to degree level, Evercreech compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 21% hold no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Evercreech
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evercreech | 2,165 | — | 49.1 | 26% | 23% |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 3.4 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 27% |
| Bruton | 2,816 | 3.5 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 3.6 mi | 51.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 4 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 21% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 7 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Wells | 12,097 | 7.5 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 7.6 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Evercreech’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 Evercreech’s residents
What is the population of Evercreech?
The 2021 Census counted 2,165 people in Evercreech’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Evercreech?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Evercreech?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Evercreech?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Evercreech good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Evercreech’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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