Photo: Sandy Gerrard · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 87% of UK towns: half of Radstock is under 38.5
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Radstock, 32%. The 2021 Census counted 9,983 residents in 4,112 households. The share of households in detached houses stands at 13%. On one-person households, Radstock sits lower than 80% of UK towns: 26%.
What the Census says about Radstock’s people
More with no religion than most
52% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 40% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Radstock’s residents are under 38.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 11% are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
From 2011 to 2024, Radstock outgrew 61% of UK towns: +10%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Radstock’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 10,100 people in 2011; 11,100 in 2024.
The biggest one-year rise was mid-2015 to mid-2016, 390 people. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+33%), the 0 to 15 group the smallest (±0%).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of UK towns, at 17%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 30–34: 8% of residents. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 86% of UK towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Radstock, 38.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Below 69% of UK towns: 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 full-time students at 5.1%, Radstock is ahead of 61% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Radstock households average 2.4 people, larger than in 81% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Radstock comes in at 2.9%.
33% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 88% 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
14% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Radstock, 15% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Radstock ranks below 63% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 5.1%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
No religion: 52% of residents, a higher share than 96% 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: 93% of Radstock · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Here, 40% of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Radstock ranks above 79% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 37%
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
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 45% in Radstock. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. For 254 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Radstock’s adults: 24% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
413 UK towns of 7,000 to 13,000 people: this is the 28th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 61 in Seaton. Nearest to Radstock in age: Mildenhall (38.2), Burton Latimer (38.4), Bursledon (38.5) and Littleport (38.6).
No nearby town is as young as Radstock
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radstock | 9,983 | — | 38.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 1.4 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 2.1 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 30% |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 2.4 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 2.7 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 29% |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 3.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 29% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 3.4 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Radstock’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Radstock’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 10,820 people in 2021, against 9,983 in the built-up area.
- 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 Radstock’s residents
What is the population of Radstock?
The 2021 Census counted 9,983 people in Radstock’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 11,100 people in mid-2024, 10% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Radstock?
The median age was 38.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Radstock?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Radstock?
52% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Radstock good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Radstock’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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