Photo: Rodw · Public domainA median age of 52.1: Wellow is older than 92% of UK towns
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 53% of households live in a detached house here. At the 2021 Census, 549 people lived in Wellow, in 219 households. Census figures put households in flats at 1.8% locally. 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns.
26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Wellow has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of UK towns, at 13%. 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.
9.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 96% 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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Wellow, 47% and 15%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 12%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 25% of households in Wellow 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.
The average household has 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Locally, 4.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 28%, more than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
In Wellow, 5.4% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% 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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Wellow, 25%. About one household in 18 lives without a car or van.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%). 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 55% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Wellow: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 75% 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: 94% of Wellow · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 39% in Wellow and 37% across England’s towns. The census found that 94% of residents describe themselves as White British in the village. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Wellow, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 75% 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
10 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On unpaid carers, Wellow sits lower than 53% of UK towns: 9.3%. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 51%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 51% of Wellow’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.6% have no qualification (18%). A levels are as far as 15% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
Wellow and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellow | 549 | — | 52.1 | 26% | 28% |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 2.2 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 30% |
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | 2.6 mi | 53.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 3.8 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 4.2 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 4.2 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 4.2 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 27% |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 4.5 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Wellow’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 Wellow’s residents
What is the population of Wellow?
The 2021 Census counted 549 people in Wellow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wellow?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wellow?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wellow?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Wellow good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wellow’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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