Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 57.9: Fivehead is older than 98% of UK towns
16% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. In 2021, the Census found 609 residents in Fivehead, living in 280 households. Census figures put households in detached houses at 71% locally. At 18%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 38%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Fivehead has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 6.9%. 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 make up 5.5% in Fivehead, more than in 74% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 84% 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, the share of one-person households is 30%; Fivehead has 28%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.5% of the total.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 93% of UK towns, at 7.5%
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
Here nearly one in ten households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. What’s more, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. About one household in 13 lives without a car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 5.6%, against 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58%, a higher share than 90% 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: 95% of Fivehead · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (4%), Indian (0.2%) and Pakistani (0.2%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Fivehead sits higher than 75% of UK towns: 95%. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 37%, residents with no religion sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 64% in Fivehead, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9%, about the same as across England’s towns. 16 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
34% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Fivehead’s adults: 34% with a degree-level qualification and 15% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Fivehead is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fivehead | 609 | — | 57.9 | 38% | 16% |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 2.5 mi | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 2.6 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 5.1 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 5.2 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 20% |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 5.3 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Creech St Michael | 2,327 | 5.4 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 30% |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 5.5 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 22% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Fivehead’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 Fivehead’s residents
What is the population of Fivehead?
The 2021 Census counted 609 people in Fivehead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Fivehead?
The median age was 57.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Fivehead?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Fivehead?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Fivehead good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Fivehead’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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