Photo: Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0Williton is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52.1
73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 97% in Williton. Its 1,157 households held 2,433 residents at the 2021 Census. For Williton, the census puts households with dependent children at 20%. More one-person households than in 83% of UK towns: 34%.
What the Census says about Williton’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Williton’s residents are under 52.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
263 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 91% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 32% in Williton, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.2%, Williton is behind 90% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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 88 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.
Williton sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (2.5%)
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%.
22% of Williton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 34% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 6.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 92% of UK towns
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 Williton, 2.6%.
More car-free households than 69% of UK towns: 19% in Williton
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
23% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). In one household in 5 there is no car or van. At 13%, the share of households in flats is higher than in 63% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Williton, more than in 90% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 4.1%, fewer than in 76% of UK towns.
Above 61% of UK towns: 43% of residents said they have no religion
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 Williton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.5%), Bangladeshi (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%). Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Lower than in 53% of UK towns: 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 91% of UK towns: 11%
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 adults who have never married at 29%, Williton is behind 77% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Locally, 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 22% of Williton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 24% have no qualification (18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Williton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williton | 2,433 | — | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Watchet | 3,643 | 1.2 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 19% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 7 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 21% |
| Minehead | 11,752 | 7.3 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 18% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 8.3 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
| Bishops Lydeard | 2,050 | 9.3 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Milverton | 1,112 | 10 mi | 53.9 | 30% | 22% |
| Cotford St Luke | 2,411 | 10.3 mi | 36.9 | 12% | 39% |
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 Williton’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 Williton’s residents
What is the population of Williton?
The 2021 Census counted 2,433 people in Williton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Williton?
The median age was 52.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Williton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Williton?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Williton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Williton’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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