Church of St Michael · Photo: Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Shepton Beauchamp is over 52.7
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 22% of households have dependent children in Shepton Beauchamp. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 99% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 750 residents and 351 households here. For Shepton Beauchamp, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 57%.
Shepton Beauchamp ranks below 98% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 65–69 than any other five-year age: 9.7% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Fewer full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.2%
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%.
By class, just over two in five adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Shepton Beauchamp households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 85% 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 Shepton Beauchamp comes in at 1.7%. Lower than in 55% of UK towns: 29% of households are one person living alone.
2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 94% 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Shepton Beauchamp comes in at 9.8%. At 27%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns. To put it in context, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 35%.
In Shepton Beauchamp, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (1.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 60% in Shepton Beauchamp, more than in 94% 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: 98% of Shepton Beauchamp · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (35%), Shepton Beauchamp is below 83% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns: 23%
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 giving 50 hours or more a week: 24. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 10%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in two thirds of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Shepton Beauchamp compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Shepton Beauchamp
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepton Beauchamp | 750 | — | 52.7 | 28% | 22% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 1.8 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Ilminster | 5,961 | 3.3 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 23% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 3.8 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 4.4 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 5.1 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Horton and Broadway | 1,212 | 5.3 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 20% |
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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 Shepton Beauchamp’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 Shepton Beauchamp’s residents
What is the population of Shepton Beauchamp?
The 2021 Census counted 750 people in Shepton Beauchamp’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shepton Beauchamp?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shepton Beauchamp?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shepton Beauchamp?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Shepton Beauchamp good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shepton Beauchamp’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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