Photo: David Purchase · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.4: Galhampton is older than 97% of UK towns
The figure for adults who have never married is 20% in Galhampton and 39% across England’s towns. 3.7% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. The village is home to 328 residents in 139 households, by the 2021 Census. Locally, 22% of households are one person living alone.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Lower than in 77% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 85% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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: 8.3% here and 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 92% of UK towns: 21%
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 average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Add to that, on shared households of unrelated adults, Galhampton sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 2.9%. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 66% of households
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
4.4% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% 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 its share of residents born outside the UK (7.9%), Galhampton is above 63% of UK towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (1.5%).
In Galhampton, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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 Galhampton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.2%), Indian (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.3%). 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% of UK towns. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. With residents with no religion at 33%, Galhampton is behind 88% of UK towns on that count.
In Galhampton, 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, 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
Unpaid carers account for 9.2%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
44% of Galhampton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Galhampton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galhampton | 328 | — | 55.4 | 33% | 21% |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 1.8 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 21% |
| Bruton | 2,816 | 4.2 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 29% |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 4.7 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 5.5 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Evercreech | 2,165 | 5.8 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 23% |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 6.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 24% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 7 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Galhampton’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 Galhampton’s residents
What is the population of Galhampton?
The 2021 Census counted 328 people in Galhampton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Galhampton?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Galhampton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Galhampton?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Galhampton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Galhampton’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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