Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.2: Failand is older than 98% of UK towns
The share of married adults and civil partners is 67%, against 44% across England’s towns. One-person households: 19% of the total. 3.7% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Failand had 758 residents in 325 households at the 2021 Census.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Failand. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Full-time students: 4.5%, a lower share than 66% 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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 9.8%, Failand is ahead of 70% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 81% of UK towns: 24%
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, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Failand has 3.1%. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A village of detached houses: 91% of households live in one
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 is 0.6%, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. 3.4% of households live in a terraced house.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 69% of UK towns: 8.8%
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
98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.3%) and in EU countries (2.1%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 73% of UK towns, at 53%
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: 89% of Failand · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (2.9%), Indian (2.8%) and Mixed or multiple (2%). Failand has fewer residents with no religion than 77% of UK towns, at 36%. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here 89% of residents describe themselves as White British, where the figure across England’s towns is 73%.
Only 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Failand
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
With unpaid carers at 11%, Failand is ahead of 87% of UK towns on that count. 20 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 45% of adults in Failand (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Failand has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failand | 758 | — | 57.2 | 39% | 24% |
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | 1.4 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 37% |
| Pill | 4,956 | 2.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 2.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Avonmouth | 2,643 | 3.9 mi | 35.9 | 11% | 29% |
| Bristol | 425,196 | 4.5 mi | 33.9 | 13% | 26% |
| Portishead | 26,351 | 4.5 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Failand’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 Failand’s residents
What is the population of Failand?
The 2021 Census counted 758 people in Failand’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Failand?
The median age was 57.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Failand?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Failand?
36% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Failand good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Failand’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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