Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 96% of UK towns: half of Ilchester is under 35.3
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 39% of households live in a terraced house in Ilchester. Census day 2021: 2,062 residents and 821 households in the village. In Ilchester, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. More residents with no religion than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 46%.
What the Census says about Ilchester’s people
A village of families
37% of Ilchester’s 821 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 96% of UK towns. 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Ilchester’s residents are under 35.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 8.8% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns, at 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.8%. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 14% in Ilchester, more than in 96% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 25% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Census figures put full-time students at 4.4% in Ilchester.
Ilchester ranks above 96% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 37%
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 tops 66% of UK towns: 2.7%. On the census count, 25% of households are one person living alone. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
Ilchester: 15% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 69% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Ilchester has 19%. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
In Ilchester, 9.3% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 71% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
96% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%).
Below 56% of UK towns: 91% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 Ilchester · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 46%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is in line with the figure across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and African (0.4%). The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 55% in Ilchester, more than in 88% 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
The share of unpaid carers trails 98% of UK towns: 6.6%. Lower than in 82% of UK towns: 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 34% of adults in Ilchester (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is older than Ilchester
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilchester | 2,062 | — | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 4.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 4.5 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 4.7 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 4.7 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 4.8 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 6.6 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 6.8 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Ilchester’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 Ilchester’s residents
What is the population of Ilchester?
The 2021 Census counted 2,062 people in Ilchester’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ilchester?
The median age was 35.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ilchester?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 9.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ilchester?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Ilchester good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ilchester’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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