Photo: Pierre Terre · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.4: Freshford is older than 93% of UK towns
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, above 95% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Freshford’s population at 333, in 144 households. The census found that 4.1% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 45% here, more than in 85% of UK towns.
7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 99% 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: 11% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 27%, more than in 79% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 69% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Freshford, 53% and 9.2%. Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 78% of UK towns, at 26%
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.
Households with dependent children: 25% here and 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
In Freshford, 11% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 75% 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. In one household in 9 there is no car or van.
10% born outside the UK, more than in 75% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.9%) and in EU countries (3.3%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in 69% of UK towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90% in Freshford, less than in 65% 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: 90% of Freshford · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 38%, against 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 47%.
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 91% 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
Some 5 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Lower than in 94% of UK towns: 7.2% of residents give unpaid care. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 59% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
59% of Freshford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.1% have none (18%).
Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Freshford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshford | 333 | — | 52.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 1.5 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 27% |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 1.6 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 2.6 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 3.8 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Bathampton | 1,698 | 3.8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 28% |
| Bathford | 1,153 | 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 26% |
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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 Freshford’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 Freshford’s residents
What is the population of Freshford?
The 2021 Census counted 333 people in Freshford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Freshford?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Freshford?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Freshford?
38% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 9.9% didn’t answer.
Is Freshford good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Freshford’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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