Photo: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Huntspill is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% here and 73% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Huntspill’s population at 845, in 356 households. Locally, just over a fifth of households have dependent children. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, a higher share than in 97% of UK towns.
Huntspill ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 8.5% in Huntspill and 11% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Huntspill sits below 79% of UK towns for one-person households (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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. Households here average 2.4 people each. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns.
Fewer flats than 91% of UK towns: 3.3% 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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Huntspill, 33%. Just over one in ten households have no car or van, a lower share than in 73% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The census found that 20% of households live in a terraced house here.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.9%, a lower share than 79% 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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Huntspill. Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51%, a higher share than 59% 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: 96% of Huntspill · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 42% in Huntspill and 37% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Next after White British come Other White (2.3%), Bangladeshi (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns: 27%
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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 52% in Huntspill. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 21% of Huntspill’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 26% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Huntspill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntspill | 845 | — | 52 | 31% | 21% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 1.3 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 2.2 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 2.6 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 3.4 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 5 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Berrow and Brean | 2,252 | 5 mi | 58.5 | 38% | 15% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 5.1 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
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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 Huntspill’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 Huntspill’s residents
What is the population of Huntspill?
The 2021 Census counted 845 people in Huntspill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Huntspill?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Huntspill?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Huntspill?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Huntspill good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Huntspill’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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