Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 2.3%
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Flax Bourton has 73%. The village had 341 residents in 131 households at the 2021 Census. Across Flax Bourton, 82% of households live in a detached house. More households with dependent children than in 87% of UK towns: 33%.
Only 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Flax Bourton
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Flax Bourton is 48.2, higher than in 75% of UK towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 93% of UK towns: 6.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
By class, 55% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 10% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%. Across Flax Bourton, 5.2% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 15%
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 share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
3.1% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Flax Bourton comes in at 3.1%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns: 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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%) and in EU countries (1.5%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5.9% here, fewer than in 55% of UK towns.
Flax Bourton: 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 66% 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: 91% of Flax Bourton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (4.1%), Other White (3.5%) and Indian (0.9%). Just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 60% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 39% of residents said they have no religion here.
17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer 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
4 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 7% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 59% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 59% of adults in Flax Bourton, 34% across England’s towns; 7% have no qualification, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Flax Bourton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flax Bourton | 341 | — | 48.2 | 28% | 33% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 1.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | 2 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 37% |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 2.2 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Pill | 4,956 | 4.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Wrington | 1,997 | 4.9 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Portishead | 26,351 | 5.1 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 29% |
| Avonmouth | 2,643 | 5.3 mi | 35.9 | 11% | 29% |
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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 Flax Bourton’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 Flax Bourton’s residents
What is the population of Flax Bourton?
The 2021 Census counted 341 people in Flax Bourton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Flax Bourton?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Flax Bourton?
91% 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 Flax Bourton?
39% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Flax Bourton good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Flax Bourton’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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