Photo: NotFromUtrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 55.5: Tickenham is older than 97% of UK towns
The share of households in flats trails 99% of UK towns: 0.4%. The 2021 Census put Tickenham’s population at 625, in 256 households. For Tickenham, the census puts households in terraced houses at 1.6%. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 22% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.2%, fewer than in 91% of UK towns. For comparison, 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.
In Tickenham, 4.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 64% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 7.9%, against 11% across England’s towns. Managerial and professional jobs take in 47% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%).
Only 18% of households in Tickenham are one person living alone
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.
At 4.3%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a quarter of households have dependent children in Tickenham. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses: 77%, a higher share than 99% 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
Households without a car or van: 5.6% here and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 77% of UK towns: 99%
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 figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.1% in Tickenham and 18% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 58% in Tickenham, more than in 89% 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: 89% of Tickenham · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Indian (2.4%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Tickenham has fewer residents with no religion than 83% of UK towns, at 35%. 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 89% locally.
Above 99% of UK towns: 63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
12 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 13% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
43% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 43% of adults in Tickenham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 12% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Tickenham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tickenham | 625 | — | 55.5 | 33% | 24% |
| Clevedon | 21,084 | 2 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 24% |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 2.3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Portishead | 26,351 | 3.2 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 29% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 3.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 3.8 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 5.3 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Pill | 4,956 | 5.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Tickenham’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 Tickenham’s residents
What is the population of Tickenham?
The 2021 Census counted 625 people in Tickenham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tickenham?
The median age was 55.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tickenham?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tickenham?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Tickenham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tickenham’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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