Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0A median age of 55.7: Hatch Beauchamp is older than 97% of UK towns
58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Lower than in 92% of UK towns: 3.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Hatch Beauchamp counted 319 residents and 129 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 19% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 5.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 35% of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 2.2% in Hatch Beauchamp, less than in 99% 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 14% in Hatch Beauchamp. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 79% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns. In Hatch Beauchamp, 32% of households are one person living alone.
Households in terraced houses: 35%, a higher share than 89% 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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Across Hatch Beauchamp, 30% of households live in a detached house.
4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 72% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 78% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 96% of Hatch Beauchamp · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 37% across England’s towns, 34% of residents said they have no religion in Hatch Beauchamp. By way of comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 24%, a lower share than 96% 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 4 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 6.3% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Hatch Beauchamp counts 36% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Hatch Beauchamp
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch Beauchamp | 319 | — | 55.7 | 35% | 19% |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 3.1 mi | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 3.3 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 20% |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 3.5 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 22% |
| Creech St Michael | 2,327 | 3.9 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 30% |
| Monkton Heathfield | 4,584 | 4.8 mi | 34.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 4.9 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 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 Hatch Beauchamp’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 Hatch Beauchamp’s residents
What is the population of Hatch Beauchamp?
The 2021 Census counted 319 people in Hatch Beauchamp’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hatch Beauchamp?
The median age was 55.7 at the 2021 Census. 5.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hatch Beauchamp?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hatch Beauchamp?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hatch Beauchamp good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hatch Beauchamp’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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