Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.6: Saltford is older than 91% of UK towns
The figure for adults who have never married is 23% in Saltford and 39% across England’s towns. This Somerset town is home to 4,133 residents in 1,707 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Saltford, 12% of households live in a terraced house. On households without a car or van, Saltford sits lower than 85% of UK towns: 9.4%.
What the Census says about Saltford’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Saltford’s residents are under 51.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. 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.
+3% since 2011: slower than 73% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Saltford’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,100 people in 2011; 4,200 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2012 to mid-2013, the population rose by 70, the most of any year. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+21%), the 45 to 64 group the smallest (−12%).
More residents aged 65 and over than 89% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8.3% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Saltford, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Saltford, 51.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.9% in Saltford, less than in 86% 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%.
Here 5.8% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. 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.
In Saltford, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Saltford comes in at 25%. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Households average 2.4 people.
A town of detached houses: 52% of households live in one
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
4.3% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
In Saltford, 7.2% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 58% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 14% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%).
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 77% 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: 91% of Saltford · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 89% across Somerset’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.7%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 38% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 60% in Saltford, more than in 98% of UK towns
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 80 people.
45% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Saltford, 45%, and 12% have none, against 18%.
105th highest median age among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Saltford in age: Cherry Willingham (51.6), Bottesford (51.6), Lostwithiel (51.6) and Brampton (51.8).
Saltford is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltford | 4,133 | — | 51.6 | 29% | 25% |
| Keynsham | 19,257 | 1.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 27% |
| Newton St Loe | 1,372 | 2.1 mi | 18.8 | 3.2% | 19% |
| Wick | 1,579 | 4 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 4.1 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 4.1 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 4.1 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 160,280 | 5 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 29% |
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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 Saltford’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. Saltford’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,133 people in 2021, against 4,133 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 Saltford’s residents
What is the population of Saltford?
The 2021 Census counted 4,133 people in Saltford’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,200 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Saltford?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census, older than 91% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Saltford?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Saltford?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Saltford good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Saltford’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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