Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Lympsham is over 52.3
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 0.9% of the total. Higher than in 96% of UK towns: 59% of households live in a detached house. There were 234 households in Lympsham at the 2021 Census, home to 593 residents.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 81% of UK towns, at 27%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 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: 6.3%, a lower share than 95% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Lympsham has 37% and 19%. For comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 21%
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.
5.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households have dependent children. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
In Lympsham, 4.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 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
Households in terraced houses make up 5.2%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Below 93% of UK towns: 2.9% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Lympsham sits higher than 99% of UK towns: 100%.
Above 92% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 98% of Lympsham · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 61% in Lympsham, more 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 18 people. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Just over a fifth of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. At 9.3%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Lympsham, 35%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Lympsham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lympsham | 593 | — | 52.3 | 27% | 26% |
| Berrow and Brean | 2,252 | 2.7 mi | 58.5 | 38% | 15% |
| Hutton | 1,686 | 2.9 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 18% |
| Locking | 3,819 | 3.7 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 3.8 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
| Weston-super-Mare | 84,600 | 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 4.5 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| Banwell | 2,178 | 4.6 mi | 50.6 | 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 Lympsham’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 Lympsham’s residents
What is the population of Lympsham?
The 2021 Census counted 593 people in Lympsham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lympsham?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lympsham?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lympsham?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Lympsham good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lympsham’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.