Photo: Celiakozlowski at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0North Curry is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 52.9
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in North Curry, 1.6%. There were 490 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 1,057 residents. In North Curry, 20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 91% of UK towns, at 8.3%.
What the Census says about North Curry’s people
Older than most towns
Half of North Curry’s residents are under 52.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 34% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
121 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Full-time students: 4.6%, a lower share than 60% 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%.
By class, 47% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 21% of households have dependent children in North Curry
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 34% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Fewer flats than 97% of UK towns: 2% of households
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
Half of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. For North Curry, the census puts households in terraced houses at 22%. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 (2.3%), then in Africa (2.1%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.3% in North Curry and 18% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 90% of UK towns: 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 North Curry · 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. North Curry has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 89% of UK towns, at 58%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.1%).
12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 96% 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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 57% in North Curry. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. For 29 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
44% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 44% of adults in North Curry, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than North Curry
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Curry | 1,057 | — | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
| Creech St Michael | 2,327 | 3 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 30% |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 3.3 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 22% |
| Monkton Heathfield | 4,584 | 3.8 mi | 34.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4.4 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 5.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 23% |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 5.6 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 6.1 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 20% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 North Curry’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 North Curry’s residents
What is the population of North Curry?
The 2021 Census counted 1,057 people in North Curry’s built-up area.
What is the average age in North Curry?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Curry?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Curry?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is North Curry good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Curry’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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