Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 53.9: Milverton is older than 95% of UK towns
22% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,112 residents in 506 households. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 96%. On households without a car or van, Milverton sits lower than 87% of UK towns: 9%.
What the Census says about Milverton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Milverton’s residents are under 53.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
135 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 98% 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 65 and over make up 30% in Milverton, more than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Milverton. To put it in context, 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 92 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.
A larger share of full-time students than 62% of UK towns: 5.1%
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, 41% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Here, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 68% 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.
Here 31% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 75% of UK towns.
A larger share of households in terraced houses than 67% of UK towns: 25%
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
Census figures put households in detached houses at 30% in Milverton. Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house. Just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in Africa (1.8%). Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.2% of residents were born outside the UK, against 9.6% across Somerset’s towns and 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 57% of UK towns, at 42%
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: 96% of Milverton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Caribbean (0.2%). Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 49% in Milverton and 46% across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 12%, a higher share than 98% 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
54 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. On adults who have never married, Milverton sits lower than 83% of UK towns: 27%. As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Milverton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Milverton has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milverton | 1,112 | — | 53.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 2.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | 3.1 mi | 36.9 | 12% | 39% |
| Wellington | 13,815 | 3.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 25% |
| Rockwell Green | 2,854 | 3.6 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 3.8 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3,770 | 4.8 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 31% |
| Trull | 1,427 | 6.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 29% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Milverton’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 Milverton’s residents
What is the population of Milverton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,112 people in Milverton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Milverton?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Milverton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Milverton?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.4% didn’t answer.
Is Milverton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Milverton’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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