Photo: John M · CC BY-SA 2.021% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 91% of UK towns
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British here. The 2021 Census counted 1,037 residents in 465 households. For Misterton, the census puts households without a car or van at 8.8%. Households in flats are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Misterton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Misterton’s residents are under 50.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% 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).
Misterton is older than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 50.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Misterton, 27% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 84% 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%.
35% of Misterton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Misterton, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 78% 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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 76% of UK towns: 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
42% of households live in a detached house, more than in 79% 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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 26% in Misterton and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.8%), then in Africa (1.2%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. Lower than in 79% of UK towns: 3.9% of residents were born outside the UK.
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 81% 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: 97% of Misterton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 78% of UK towns: 28%
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
23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 77% of UK towns. Unpaid carers make up 7.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 31% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Misterton, 17%, while 31% hold one at degree level (34%).
Misterton is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misterton | 1,037 | — | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 1.2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 2.7 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Beaminster | 2,995 | 4.5 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 17% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 5.5 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 5.8 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 7 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 7.4 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Misterton’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 Misterton’s residents
What is the population of Misterton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,037 people in Misterton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Misterton?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Misterton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Misterton?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Misterton good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Misterton’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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