Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 95% of UK towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
43% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). On the census count, 8.3% of households have no car or van. Households with dependent children are more common here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Temple Cloud counted 1,518 residents and 598 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Temple Cloud’s people
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 64% of UK towns: half of Temple Cloud is under 42.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Temple Cloud, 9.5%. What’s more, 20% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 64% of UK towns. The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents.
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.
Temple Cloud sits below 66% of UK towns for full-time students (4.5%)
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%.
Here nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
Below 55% of UK towns: 9.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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
More households in terraced houses than in 52% of UK towns: 21%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 66% of UK towns: 98%
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 born outside the UK trails 58% of UK towns: 5.6%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns, at 50%
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: 92% of Temple Cloud · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Chinese (0.7%). Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 42% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Temple Cloud, 92%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 66% of UK towns, at 50%
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 carers: 8.7%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. 32 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Higher than in 55% of UK towns: 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Older than Temple Cloud: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | — | 42.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Clutton | 1,630 | 0.6 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 36% |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 1.3 mi | 46 | 23% | 29% |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 1.9 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 2.6 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 2.8 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Farmborough | 1,106 | 2.9 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 3.6 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 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 Temple Cloud’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 Temple Cloud’s residents
What is the population of Temple Cloud?
The 2021 Census counted 1,518 people in Temple Cloud’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Temple Cloud?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Temple Cloud?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Temple Cloud?
50% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Temple Cloud good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Temple Cloud’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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