Photo: S · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 33.3: West Wick is younger than 98% of UK towns
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 4.5% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put West Wick’s population at 2,425, in 921 households. The share of one-person households stands at 21%.
What the Census says about West Wick’s people
A village of families
45% of West Wick’s 921 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of West Wick’s residents are under 33.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 8.1% are 15 to 24 and 7.4% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
53% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 39% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Below 99% of UK towns: 7.4% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of UK towns: 8.1%. Set beside that, 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 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
West Wick sits above 77% of UK towns for full-time students (5.6%)
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in West Wick. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Above 99% of UK towns: 45% of households have dependent children
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 in West Wick hold 2.6 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
More households in terraced houses than 81% of UK towns: 29%
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
In West Wick, 31% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. Set beside that, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Below 78% of UK towns: 95% of residents have English as their main language
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Here 7.7% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%).
53% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 97% 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: 90% of West Wick · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in West Wick comes in at 39%. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 90% locally.
More adults who have never married than 69% of UK towns: 36%
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
With unpaid carers at 7.5%, West Wick is behind 92% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. The census found that half of adults are married or in a civil partnership locally.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In West Wick, 33% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 7.9% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as young as West Wick
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 Wick | 2,425 | — | 33.3 | 7.4% | 45% |
| Locking | 3,819 | 1.4 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Weston-super-Mare | 84,600 | 2 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 27% |
| Banwell | 2,178 | 2.1 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Hutton | 1,686 | 2.2 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 18% |
| Kewstoke | 1,609 | 2.8 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 18% |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 3.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 22% |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 4.3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
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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 West Wick’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 Wick’s residents
What is the population of West Wick?
The 2021 Census counted 2,425 people in West Wick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Wick?
The median age was 33.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 7.4% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Wick?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Wick?
53% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is West Wick good for families?
45% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Wick’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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