Photo: Nabokov Required attribution is: Photo by Tom Oates. · CC BY-SA 3.0Nunney is older than 89% of UK towns: a median age of 50.8
With unpaid carers at 12%, Nunney is ahead of 95% of UK towns on that count. There were 370 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 854 residents. Households with dependent children account for 22%. The village has more households in terraced houses than 81% of UK towns, at 29%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.5%. Set beside that, 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 88 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.
4.3% of adults are full-time students, below 73% 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, 31% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Fewer residents who moved in within the year than in 62% of UK towns: 8.1%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Fewer people live alone than in 71% of UK towns: 27% of households
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.
4.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
Fewer car-free households than 81% of UK towns: 10%
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
Here 22% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. On average, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, 7.1% of households live in a flat or apartment.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 88% of UK towns
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 77% of UK towns: 95% of residents
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: 95% of Nunney · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Bangladeshi (0.7%). Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Nunney has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 80% of UK towns, at 44%. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 43% of residents said they have no religion here.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 64% of UK towns, at 50%
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
Nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Nunney’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 21% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Around Nunney, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nunney | 854 | — | 50.8 | 28% | 22% |
| Frome | 27,904 | 3 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 29% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 3.8 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Beckington | 1,001 | 5.8 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 27% |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 6.7 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 6.7 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Evercreech | 2,165 | 6.9 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 23% |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 6.9 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 25% |
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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 Nunney’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 Nunney’s residents
What is the population of Nunney?
The 2021 Census counted 854 people in Nunney’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nunney?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nunney?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nunney?
43% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Nunney good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nunney’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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