Parish Church of St Paul · Photo: Rodw · Public domainOlder than 97% of UK towns: half of Kewstoke is over 54.8
Adults who have never married: 27% here and 39% across England’s towns. Kewstoke has fewer households in terraced houses than 91% of UK towns, at 9.3%. In 2021, the Census found 1,609 residents here, living in 755 households. Here, 45% of households live in a detached house.
What the Census says about Kewstoke’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Kewstoke’s residents are under 54.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
181 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 95% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 32% in Kewstoke. Set beside that, 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.1% of adults are full-time students in Kewstoke
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%.
By class, nearly a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns.
Only 18% of households have dependent children in Kewstoke
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.
A third of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. What’s more, more shared households of unrelated adults than in four fifths of UK towns: 3.2%. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Only 13% of households in Kewstoke have no car or van
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
In Kewstoke, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Typically, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 99%
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 EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (0.9%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in two thirds of UK towns: 4.8%.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 79% 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: 95% of Kewstoke · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.2%). 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 71% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The figure for residents with no religion is 40% in Kewstoke and 37% across England’s towns.
Kewstoke: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 95% 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
51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Among adults, 27% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Kewstoke, 27% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Kewstoke
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewstoke | 1,609 | — | 54.8 | 32% | 18% |
| Weston-super-Mare | 84,600 | 1.5 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| West Wick | 2,425 | 2.8 mi | 33.3 | 7.4% | 45% |
| Hutton | 1,686 | 3.3 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 18% |
| Locking | 3,819 | 3.3 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Banwell | 2,178 | 4.7 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 6.1 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 6.4 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 22% |
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 Kewstoke’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 Kewstoke’s residents
What is the population of Kewstoke?
The 2021 Census counted 1,609 people in Kewstoke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kewstoke?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kewstoke?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kewstoke?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Kewstoke good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kewstoke’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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