Photo: Steve Daniels · CC BY-SA 2.0Exford is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.2
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Exford, 13%. By contrast, households in detached houses are more common here than in 94% of UK towns. 389 residents in 180 households: that is Exford at the 2021 Census. Here, 27% of residents said they have no religion.
Only 7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Exford
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 31% of residents are 65 or over in Exford. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Exford ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 1.8%
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%.
In Exford, just over a quarter of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 95% of UK towns, at 37%
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.
In Exford, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Households average 2 people. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
Fewer households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.5%
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
The share of households in flats trails nearly two thirds of UK towns: 8.3%. One household in every 18 has no car or van. On households in terraced houses, Exford sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 11%.
1.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 99% 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
100% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1%) and in EU countries (0.3%).
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 98% 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 Exford · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 63% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Exford sits below 78% of UK towns for adults who have never married (28%)
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: 4. At 7.6%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 90% of UK towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
26% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 26% of adults in Exford, 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification, against 18%.
2 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Exford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exford | 389 | — | 55.2 | 31% | 13% |
| Porlock | 1,178 | 5.5 mi | 64 | 48% | 10% |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 8.6 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 18% |
| South Molton | 6,226 | 11.6 mi | 47.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Bampton | 1,294 | 11.9 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 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 Exford’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 Exford’s residents
What is the population of Exford?
The 2021 Census counted 389 people in Exford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Exford?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Exford?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 1.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Exford?
27% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Exford good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Exford’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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