Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0Wedmore is older than 98% of UK towns: a median age of 56.6
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Wedmore comes in at 64%. At the 2021 Census Wedmore was home to 1,424 people in 648 households. Census figures put adults who have never married at 20% here. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Wedmore’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wedmore’s residents are under 56.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 38% 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).
38% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, below 87% of UK towns. The usual figure: 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 91 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 14% in Wedmore, more than in 95% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Wedmore, 5.7%. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 79% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Wedmore, 2.5%. On one-person households, Wedmore sits lower than two thirds of UK towns: 28%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 97% of UK towns: 6%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Wedmore, 11%. The share of households in flats stands at 4.5%.
In Wedmore, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% of UK towns
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, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Wedmore, 5.6%. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 85% 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 Wedmore · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Bangladeshi (0.3%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. At 54%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 75% of UK towns. By contrast, 39% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
Wedmore: 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 97% of UK towns
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. 24 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Among adults, 48% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 48% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 11% hold no qualification (18%).
Wedmore is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedmore | 1,424 | — | 56.6 | 38% | 21% |
| Draycott | 1,069 | 3.3 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Cheddar | 5,841 | 3.9 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
| Axbridge | 1,998 | 4.3 mi | 49.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 6.3 mi | 53.1 | 30% | 24% |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 6.6 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 22% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 6.7 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 6.7 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
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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 Wedmore’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 Wedmore’s residents
What is the population of Wedmore?
The 2021 Census counted 1,424 people in Wedmore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wedmore?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wedmore?
96% 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 Wedmore?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Wedmore good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wedmore’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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