Photo: Martin Dawes · CC BY-SA 2.0Montacute ranks above 95% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 41%
Half of Montacute’s residents are over 49.5, older than in 83% of UK towns. There were 386 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 865 residents. Across Montacute, 2.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
Montacute sits above 79% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (27%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.9%), Montacute is below 78% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Below 89% of UK towns: 6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 5.2% in Montacute and 7.9% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Montacute, 1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 79% 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.
The share of one-person households is 32%, against 30% across England’s towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%. Households here average 2.2 people each.
In Montacute, 10% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 82% 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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Montacute, 24%.
Only 2.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Montacute
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Montacute comes in at 99%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%).
A higher share of residents with no religion than 67% of UK towns, at 43%
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 Montacute · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Caribbean (0.4%). To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 50% in Montacute and 46% across England’s towns.
Montacute sits below 73% of UK towns for adults who have never married (29%)
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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (50%), Montacute is above 63% of UK towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. One in ten residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 35% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Montacute’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Older than Montacute: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montacute | 865 | — | 49.5 | 27% | 27% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 1.6 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 2.7 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 3.4 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 4 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 4.3 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 4.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 4.8 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Montacute’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 Montacute’s residents
What is the population of Montacute?
The 2021 Census counted 865 people in Montacute’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Montacute?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Montacute?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Montacute?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Montacute good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Montacute’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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