Photo: hughelli · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 50.4: Langport is older than 87% of UK towns
The figure for one-person households is 35% in Langport and 30% across England’s towns. Its 1,645 households held 3,578 residents at the 2021 Census. Households with dependent children account for 22%. 11% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 76% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Langport’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Langport at 2,900 in 2011 and 3,500 in 2024, up 24%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 90% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Langport’s residents are under 50.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Langport has grown +24%, faster than 90% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Langport’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,900 people in 2011; 3,500 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+49%), the 45 to 64 group the smallest (+4%). The steepest year was mid-2020 to mid-2021, up 110 people.
Fewer young people than 91% of UK towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across Langport, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Langport, 50.4. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 88% 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 account for 31% of Langport’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 26%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 91% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 90% 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.
2.9% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in flats than 68% of UK towns, at 15%
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
Households in detached houses make up 33%, against 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns. For Langport, the census puts households in terraced houses at 20%.
Only 97% of residents have English as their main language in Langport
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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are nearly a fifth of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. In Langport, 7% of residents were born outside the UK.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 57% of UK towns: 93%
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: 93% of Langport · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.5%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Set against 46% across England’s towns, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Langport.
Langport sits below 58% of UK towns for adults who have never married (31%)
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
45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 8.8% of the total.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
18% of Langport’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 28% have one at degree level (34%).
110th oldest of 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Langport in age: Caddington (50.3), Martham (50.4), New Romney (50.4) and Bawtry (50.5).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Langport
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langport | 3,578 | — | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 2.4 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 3.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 5.2 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 6.3 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 6.4 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 6.6 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 6.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 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 Langport’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Langport’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,371 people in 2021, against 3,578 in the built-up area.
- 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 Langport’s residents
What is the population of Langport?
The 2021 Census counted 3,578 people in Langport’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,500 people in mid-2024, 24% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Langport?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 87% of UK towns. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langport?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langport?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Langport good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langport’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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