Photo: Self · CC BY-SA 3.07.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 94% of UK towns
One-person households make up 23%, against 30% across England’s towns. Pensford counted 927 residents and 371 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 4.1%. Higher than in 89% of UK towns: 48% of residents said they have no religion.
Pensford is older than 64% of UK towns: a median age of 46.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Pensford comes in at 23%. Here, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.6% of adults are full-time students, more than in 77% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 9.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Pensford. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Pensford households average 2.5 people, larger than in 90% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across Pensford, 27% of households have dependent children.
Pensford sits above 73% of UK towns for households in detached houses (38%)
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
Locally, 21% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Pensford, more than in 87% 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
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Pensford, 4.4%. Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 44% in Pensford, less than in 83% 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: 94% of Pensford · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here and 73% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Bangladeshi (0.4%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 69% of UK towns, at 51%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Pensford has 33%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Pensford, the census puts unpaid carers at 10%.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
36% of Pensford’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Pensford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pensford | 927 | — | 46.4 | 23% | 27% |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 2.4 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Clutton | 1,630 | 2.8 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 36% |
| Chew Magna | 1,249 | 2.9 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 3.3 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 3.3 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 3.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 27% |
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | 3.4 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Pensford’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 Pensford’s residents
What is the population of Pensford?
The 2021 Census counted 927 people in Pensford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pensford?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pensford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pensford?
48% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Pensford good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pensford’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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