Photo: Bill Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56.2: North Perrott is older than 97% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in North Perrott, 31%. The census found that 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment here. At 63%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 278 residents in 114 households.
35% of residents are 65 or over, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.9%
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, 45% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
North Perrott sits below 99% of UK towns for households with dependent children (16%)
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 trails 91% of UK towns: 24%. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. For North Perrott, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 5.3%.
More households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns: 55%
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, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; North Perrott has 25%. On the census count, 7.8% of households have no car or van. 1.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 55% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
North Perrott sits above 95% of UK towns for 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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in North Perrott comes in at 5%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 61% in North Perrott, more than in 95% 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: 96% of North Perrott · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 96%, North Perrott is ahead of 92% of UK towns on that count. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
20% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Some 5 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. On unpaid carers, North Perrott sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.3%. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
40% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of North Perrott’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 40% have one at degree level (34%).
North Perrott and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 Perrott | 278 | — | 56.2 | 35% | 16% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 1.2 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 2.6 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 5 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Beaminster | 2,995 | 5.1 mi | 57.7 | 39% | 17% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 5.2 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 6.1 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
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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 North Perrott’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 Perrott’s residents
What is the population of North Perrott?
The 2021 Census counted 278 people in North Perrott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in North Perrott?
The median age was 56.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Perrott?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Perrott?
31% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is North Perrott good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Perrott’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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