Photo: Martin Southwood · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 61.6: Staplegrove is older than 99% of UK towns
5.8% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Staplegrove had 280 residents in 137 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households with dependent children at 12% in the village. At 3.7%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 98% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 43%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
6.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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 lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 1.2%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 5.4% in Staplegrove. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 96% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. In Staplegrove, a third of households are one person living alone.
Staplegrove ranks above 99% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 83%
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
Flats are home to 2.2% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 born abroad is 18%; in Staplegrove it is 3.9%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 99% in Staplegrove, more than in 99% 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: 99% of Staplegrove · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Just over a third of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as White British come to 73%. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 61%.
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
6 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 63%, more than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.2%, from the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 52%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
52% of Staplegrove’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 6% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Staplegrove has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staplegrove | 280 | — | 61.6 | 43% | 12% |
| Norton Fitzwarren | 3,770 | 1 mi | 35.7 | 14% | 31% |
| Taunton | 61,667 | 1.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Trull | 1,427 | 2.7 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 29% |
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | 2.8 mi | 36.9 | 12% | 39% |
| Monkton Heathfield | 4,584 | 2.9 mi | 34.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 3.2 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Ruishton | 1,476 | 3.5 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 22% |
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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 Staplegrove’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 Staplegrove’s residents
What is the population of Staplegrove?
The 2021 Census counted 280 people in Staplegrove’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Staplegrove?
The median age was 61.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 43% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Staplegrove?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Staplegrove?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Staplegrove good for families?
12% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Staplegrove’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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