Photo: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.3% of households
Here 5.7% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Locally, 48% of residents said they have no religion. A quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 85% of UK towns. Stoke St Michael had 755 residents and 310 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 45.2.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Stoke St Michael is 45.2, higher than in 55% of UK towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.9% of residents. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns, at 6.4%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Stoke St Michael, 4.4%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
2.4 people per household, more than in 79% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.9%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The census found that 29% of households have dependent children in Stoke St Michael.
A village of detached houses: 35% 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
22% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
Only 2.9% of residents were born outside the UK in Stoke St Michael
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 share of residents whose main language is English is 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%).
99% of residents describe themselves as White British, 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 Stoke St Michael · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Stoke St Michael, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 71% of UK towns, at 51%
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
32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). More unpaid carers than in 65% of UK towns: 9.9%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 23 people.
32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 32% of its adults qualified to degree level, Stoke St Michael compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 18% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Stoke St Michael, 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke St Michael | 755 | — | 45.2 | 22% | 29% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 2.2 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 3.1 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 3.5 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 27% |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 4.3 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 4.9 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Evercreech | 2,165 | 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 23% |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 5.8 mi | 51.9 | 28% | 23% |
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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 Stoke 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 Stoke St Michael’s residents
What is the population of Stoke St Michael?
The 2021 Census counted 755 people in Stoke St Michael’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke St Michael?
The median age was 45.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke St Michael?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke St Michael?
48% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke St Michael good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke 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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