Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Nether Stowey is over 52.6, older than 93% of UK towns
Adults who have never married: 23% here and 39% across England’s towns. Nether Stowey counted 1,483 residents and 696 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van account for 10%. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 85% of UK towns: 56%.
What the Census says about Nether Stowey’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Nether Stowey’s residents are under 52.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% 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).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of UK towns: 7.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Below 96% of UK towns: 3.4% of adults are full-time students
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Nether Stowey has 34% and 23%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Nether Stowey, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 8.8%.
21% of households have dependent children, below 91% 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 typical household size is 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Meanwhile, 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of UK towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. The census found that 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Nether Stowey.
Only 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment in Nether Stowey
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 19% in Nether Stowey and 24% across England’s towns. 36% of households live in a detached house, more than in 69% of UK towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Nether Stowey ranks above 84% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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 (2.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Nether Stowey ranks above 86% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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 Nether Stowey · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.1%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 54% in Nether Stowey, more than in 86% 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
42 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 8.9%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 63% of UK towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Nether Stowey’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Nether Stowey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | — | 52.6 | 34% | 21% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 4 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 5.9 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 6.5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Williton | 2,433 | 7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 7.1 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 7.5 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 23% |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 7.6 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 19% |
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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 Nether Stowey’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 Nether Stowey’s residents
What is the population of Nether Stowey?
The 2021 Census counted 1,483 people in Nether Stowey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nether Stowey?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nether Stowey?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nether Stowey?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Nether Stowey good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nether Stowey’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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