Photo: Nick Chipchase · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of West Chinnock is over 53.8, older than 95% of UK towns
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 3.9% of households have no car or van in West Chinnock. For West Chinnock, the census puts households with dependent children at 21%. Fewer households in flats than in 99% of UK towns: 0.8%. Its 261 households held 596 residents at the 2021 Census.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of UK towns: 7.7%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.9% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Locally, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 94% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in West Chinnock.
Fewer one-person households than 93% of UK towns: 23%
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.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. The average household has 2.3 people. The usual figure: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 94% of UK towns: 56%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 9.7% in West Chinnock. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
West Chinnock ranks above 86% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (2.5%) and in Africa (1%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, West Chinnock sits lower than 77% of UK towns: 4%.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 96% 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: 97% of West Chinnock · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Indian (0.2%). 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 91% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 35% here and 37% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 60% in West Chinnock, more than in 98% 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 23% in West Chinnock and 39% across England’s towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Qualified to degree level: 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 29% of adults in West Chinnock, 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of West Chinnock has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Chinnock | 596 | — | 53.8 | 29% | 21% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 1.4 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 2.7 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Crewkerne | 7,067 | 2.8 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 22% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 3 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Misterton | 1,037 | 3.1 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 21% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 4 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 5.7 mi | 40 | 19% | 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 West Chinnock’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 West Chinnock’s residents
What is the population of West Chinnock?
The 2021 Census counted 596 people in West Chinnock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Chinnock?
The median age was 53.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Chinnock?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Chinnock?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is West Chinnock good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Chinnock’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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