Photo: Adam Cli · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 59.9: Kilve is older than 99% of UK towns
Households in detached houses: 72% here and 21% across England’s towns. Kilve is home to 353 residents in 169 households, by the 2021 Census. 10% of households have dependent children. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1.8%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 12% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Kilve sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 6.5%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.5% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Kilve has 43% and 12%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.9%. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 95% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 3%, Kilve is ahead of 75% of UK towns on that count. Across Kilve, 27% of households are one person living alone.
1.8% of households live in a terraced house, below 99% 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
Here 7.1% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Kilve sits above 99% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (100%)
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
3.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 9.6% across Somerset’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Kilve, more than in 99% 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: 99% of Kilve · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 53%, Kilve is ahead of 72% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Residents with no religion account for 39%.
Adults who have never married make up 15% in Kilve, less 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
Here 11% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. 65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Kilve counts 44% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Kilve is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilve | 353 | — | 59.9 | 39% | 10% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 3.2 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 21% |
| Williton | 2,433 | 4.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 4.7 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 19% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 6.9 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 8.5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 9 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | 9.7 mi | 36.9 | 12% | 39% |
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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 Kilve’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 Kilve’s residents
What is the population of Kilve?
The 2021 Census counted 353 people in Kilve’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Kilve?
The median age was 59.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Kilve?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Kilve?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Kilve good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Kilve’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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