Photo: Graeme Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British in Walton. In 2021, the Census found 1,149 residents in the village, living in 458 households. Here, nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 92% of UK towns.
Walton is older than 71% of UK towns: a median age of 47.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. For Walton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 6.1%
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 full-time students is 5.7%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people 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.
Households with dependent children make up 30%, against 29% across England’s towns. Across Walton, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in detached houses than 88% of UK towns: 49%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Walton has 12%. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
Below 90% of UK towns: 3.1% 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 (1.1%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. More residents whose main language is English than in 92% of UK towns: 99%.
56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 86% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Walton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails just over four fifths of UK towns: 35%. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%.
Walton sits above 96% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (58%)
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
The share of adults who have never married is 26%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. The census found that one in ten residents give unpaid care in Walton.
Degree-level qualifications: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of adults in Walton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around Walton, 6 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walton | 1,149 | — | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Street | 12,707 | 1.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 2.8 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 4.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 6.3 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 6.3 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 7.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Wedmore | 1,424 | 7.3 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 21% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Walton’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 Walton’s residents
What is the population of Walton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,149 people in Walton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walton?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walton?
35% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Walton good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walton’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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