Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0Above 97% of UK towns: 63% of households live in a detached house
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 6.6% in Othery. The median age in the village is 48.8, higher than in 79% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 686, in 273 households. Across Othery, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Othery sits below 94% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.9%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Othery, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4% in Othery, less than in 84% 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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 7.3%, Othery is behind nearly four fifths of UK towns on that count. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households in Othery are one person living alone
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.3%, above 83% of UK towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Households in flats: 2.2%, a lower share than 96% 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
Where 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Othery has 6.6%. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
Below 96% of UK towns: 2.5% of residents were born outside the UK
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 (1.2%), then in Africa (0.6%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. More residents whose main language is English than in 97% of UK towns: 99%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher share than 97% 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: 97% of Othery · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, 44% of residents said they have no religion.
Othery sits above 82% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (53%)
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
Othery sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.9%, about the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 10 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Othery’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Othery, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Othery | 686 | — | 48.8 | 26% | 27% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 2.8 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 3.8 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| North Curry | 1,057 | 5.7 mi | 52.9 | 34% | 21% |
| North Petherton | 3,180 | 5.8 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 23% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 5.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 6 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
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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 Othery’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 Othery’s residents
What is the population of Othery?
The 2021 Census counted 686 people in Othery’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Othery?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Othery?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Othery?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Othery good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Othery’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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