Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 17% in Stogursey, less than in 98% of UK towns
The median age in Stogursey is 52.5, higher than in 93% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 794 residents in the village, living in 358 households. Census figures put households in flats at 4.4% in the village. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%).
29% of residents are 65 or over, a share 89% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. On the census count, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 92% 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 6.4% in Stogursey. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Stogursey sits above 86% of UK towns for one-person households (35%)
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.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. 4.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses: 34%, a higher share than 89% 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
Nearly a fifth of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Households without a car or van: just over a tenth of the total. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
In Stogursey, 98% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 61% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in Africa (1.3%). The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Stogursey has 6.2%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 54% in Stogursey, more than in 78% 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: 96% of Stogursey · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.6%), African (0.3%) and Mixed or multiple (0.3%). 37% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 70% of UK towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
11% of residents give unpaid care, a share 79% of UK towns don’t reach
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 28 people. Against that, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 66% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners trails 69% of UK towns: 45%.
A degree-level qualification for 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of adults in Stogursey (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 26% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Stogursey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stogursey | 794 | — | 52.5 | 29% | 17% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 2.1 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 21% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 3.9 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 6 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 7.3 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 7.3 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 7.5 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 7.8 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Stogursey’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 Stogursey’s residents
What is the population of Stogursey?
The 2021 Census counted 794 people in Stogursey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stogursey?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stogursey?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stogursey?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Stogursey good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stogursey’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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