Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0Half of Middlezoy is over 54.6, older than 96% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children is 19%, against 29% across England’s towns. 7.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Middlezoy’s population at 722, in 315 households. In Middlezoy, 6.7% of households live in a terraced house.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 12% in Middlezoy.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.2% in Middlezoy, less than in 81% 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%.
A third of Middlezoy’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 5% of adults are full-time students.
Only 25% of households are one person living alone in Middlezoy
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.
At 3.8%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment in Middlezoy
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
The share of households in detached houses tops 94% of UK towns: 56%. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment.
2.1% of residents were born outside the UK, below 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
In Middlezoy, 100% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (0.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 94% of UK towns, at 97%
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: 97% of Middlezoy · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Middlezoy comes in at 38%. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 58%.
Adults who have never married: 25%, a lower share than 92% 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
In Middlezoy, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 29% hold a degree-level qualification
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 Middlezoy, 29%, and 21% have none, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Middlezoy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlezoy | 722 | — | 54.6 | 32% | 19% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 4.7 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4.7 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 5.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 23% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 5.2 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 5.6 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 5.8 mi | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
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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 Middlezoy’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 Middlezoy’s residents
What is the population of Middlezoy?
The 2021 Census counted 722 people in Middlezoy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Middlezoy?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Middlezoy?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Middlezoy?
38% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Middlezoy good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Middlezoy’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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