Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 61.2: Seavington St Michael is older than 99% of UK towns
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 10% of households have dependent children in Seavington St Michael. On households in flats, Seavington St Michael sits lower than 97% of UK towns: 1.8%. There were 59 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 126 residents. Here, 15% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Residents aged 65 and over: 39%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 60–64, with 14% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Seavington St Michael sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
0.9% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Seavington St Michael has 7.9%. Managerial and professional jobs account for 37% of the village’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns.
Seavington St Michael sits below 99% of UK towns for one-person households (17%)
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Seavington St Michael, 2.2. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
51% of households live in a detached house, more than in 90% 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
In Seavington St Michael, 19% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 92% 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, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Seavington St Michael has 4.8%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (3.2%) and in EU countries (0.8%). For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns: 60%
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 Seavington St Michael · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Chinese (0.8%). At 33%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 88% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
71% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers: 7.3% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. For 1 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Seavington St Michael, 12%, while 38% hold one at degree level (34%).
Seavington St Michael 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seavington St Michael | 126 | — | 61.2 | 39% | 10% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 1.8 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 2.7 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 3.3 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 4.1 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 4.3 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 4.3 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 5.2 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
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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 Seavington St Michael’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 Seavington St Michael’s residents
What is the population of Seavington St Michael?
The 2021 Census counted 126 people in Seavington St Michael’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Seavington St Michael?
The median age was 61.2 at the 2021 Census. 0.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 39% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Seavington St Michael?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Seavington St Michael?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Seavington St Michael good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Seavington St Michael’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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