Photo: Mark Robinson · CC BY 2.0West Quantoxhead is older than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 62.6
The share of households with dependent children is 13%, against 29% across England’s towns. At 6.9%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 95% of UK towns. 319 residents in 159 households: that is West Quantoxhead at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses: 82% of the total.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 46%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 75–79: 13% of residents, 3.8 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.3%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Only 3.5% of adults are full-time students in West Quantoxhead
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 4.4% here and 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 97% of UK towns: 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.4%, close to the figure across England’s towns. On one-person households, West Quantoxhead sits higher than just over four fifths of UK towns: 34%.
In West Quantoxhead, 3.1% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 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
The share of households in flats trails 97% of UK towns: 1.9%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 96% of UK towns: 2.5%
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, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in West Quantoxhead, 99%. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in EU countries (0.6%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 95% in West Quantoxhead, more than in 77% 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: 95% of West Quantoxhead · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in West Quantoxhead, 54%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
16% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
12 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are common here: 58%, more than in 95% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; West Quantoxhead has 13%.
Degree-level qualifications: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 35% of adults in West Quantoxhead, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as West Quantoxhead
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 Quantoxhead | 319 | — | 62.6 | 46% | 13% |
| Williton | 2,433 | 1.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 2.4 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 19% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 5.2 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 21% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 8.5 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 8.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 9 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 18% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 9.2 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 21% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Quantoxhead’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 Quantoxhead’s residents
What is the population of West Quantoxhead?
The 2021 Census counted 319 people in West Quantoxhead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Quantoxhead?
The median age was 62.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 46% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Quantoxhead?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Quantoxhead?
35% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is West Quantoxhead good for families?
13% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Quantoxhead’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.