Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Tatworth is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.3
In Tatworth, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. The village is home to 2,287 residents in 975 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in flats: 2.7% of the total. Fewer adults who have never married than in 88% of UK towns: 26%.
What the Census says about Tatworth’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Tatworth’s residents are under 52.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% 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).
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.2%), Tatworth is below 68% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 94% of UK towns: 3.6%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 29% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 27% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 8.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
In Tatworth, 22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 90% 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.
Here just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.3% in Tatworth. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 86% of UK towns, at 9.2%
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
Households in detached houses: 44%, above 84% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 24% of households have no car or van. On the census count, 15% of households live in a terraced house.
Below 88% of UK towns: 3.2% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.7%). Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 89% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%, a higher share than 80% 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: 97% of Tatworth · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion is 38%, against 37% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and African (0.2%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns: 56%
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
66 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Tatworth comes in at 10%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of Tatworth’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification (18%).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Tatworth
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 Tatworth’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 Tatworth’s residents
What is the population of Tatworth?
The 2021 Census counted 2,287 people in Tatworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tatworth?
The median age was 52.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tatworth?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tatworth?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Tatworth good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tatworth’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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