Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.2: Stoke sub Hamdon is older than 90% of UK towns
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 47% of households live in a terraced house here. 1,360 residents in 620 households: that is Stoke sub Hamdon at the 2021 Census. Across Stoke sub Hamdon, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. The village has fewer households in flats than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 5.3%.
What the Census says about Stoke sub Hamdon’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Stoke sub Hamdon’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 81% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Below 88% of UK towns: 3.9% of adults are full-time students
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 8%, Stoke sub Hamdon is behind 66% of UK towns on that count. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns, at 22%
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. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. On one-person households, Stoke sub Hamdon sits higher than 62% of UK towns: 31%.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 82% of UK towns, at 10%
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
20% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 87% of UK towns: 3.3%
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, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Stoke sub Hamdon, 99%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.6%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 92% 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 Stoke sub Hamdon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion tops 64% of UK towns: 43%. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 51% in Stoke sub Hamdon. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 83% of UK towns: 27%
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
For 28 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Higher than in 67% of UK towns: 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
31% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Stoke sub Hamdon, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Stoke sub Hamdon
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 sub Hamdon’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 sub Hamdon’s residents
What is the population of Stoke sub Hamdon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,360 people in Stoke sub Hamdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke sub Hamdon?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke sub Hamdon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke sub Hamdon?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke sub Hamdon good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke sub Hamdon’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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