Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Queen Camel is over 59, older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Queen Camel, 21%. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 86% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Queen Camel was home to 568 people in 275 households. In Queen Camel, 16% of households have dependent children.
Queen Camel: 39% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with one in ten residents, 2.2 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.6% in Queen Camel.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 89% of UK towns: 3.8%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Queen Camel, 43% and 20%. Residents who moved in within the year are more common here than in 64% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 95% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average
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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 92% of UK towns: 3.3%
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
The figure for households in detached houses is 44% in Queen Camel and 21% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, fewer households without a car or van than in 74% of UK towns: 11%. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Locally, just over a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 62% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%) or in Africa (1.8%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. Higher than in 52% of UK towns: 6.5% of residents were born outside the UK.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 91% 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 Queen Camel · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Queen Camel, a third of residents said they have no religion.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
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
16 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 10%, more than in 70% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Queen Camel, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Queen Camel are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Camel | 568 | — | 59 | 39% | 16% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 4.5 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 4.6 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Castle Cary | 3,451 | 5.6 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 21% |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 5.6 mi | 50.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 5.8 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 6.1 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Templecombe | 1,657 | 7.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 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 Queen Camel’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 Queen Camel’s residents
What is the population of Queen Camel?
The 2021 Census counted 568 people in Queen Camel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Queen Camel?
The median age was 59 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Queen Camel?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Queen Camel?
33% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Queen Camel good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Queen Camel’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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