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54.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Winsham is over 54.2, older than 96% of UK towns

28% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Meanwhile, on adults who have never married, Winsham sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 22%. At the 2021 Census, 737 people lived here, in 336 households. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.2% of the total.

34%aged 65 or over 5%born abroad 336households

Ages

34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

WinshamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 247.7%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6429%

65 and over34%

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Winsham

England

WomenMen

About 86 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.

Students & newcomers

Winsham sits below 94% of UK towns for full-time students (3.5%)

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

Full-time students3.5%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional19%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed20%

Supervisory and technical5.8%

Semi-routine12%

Routine11%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.5%

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Winsham

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.1× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 30% of Winsham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Winsham, 7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Households with dependent children: 23%, a lower share than 84% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 20%Living alone, under 66 9.2%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 1.2%

Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns

Winsham

Somerset’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person30%

2 people42%

3 people13%

4 people9.6%

5 or more5.1%

England’s towns.

The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 29% in Winsham.

Homes & cars

In Winsham, 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, 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

Winsham

Somerset’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One34%

Two35%

Three or more19%

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

11% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in detached houses: nearly two fifths of the total.

Where people were born

Winsham sits above 70% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)

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%

Winsham

Somerset’s towns

9.6%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.4%

Another main language, little or no English0.1%

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5% here, fewer than in 64% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher White British share than 82% of UK towns: 96% of residents

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

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.4%

Asian0.1%

Mixed0.5%

Black0.4%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Winsham · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion40%

Christian55%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer4.3%

0%35%70%

On religion, 40% answered “no religion” and 55% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 79% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Chinese (0.1%).

Relationships & caring

56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 92% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership22%

Married or civil partnership56%

Separated1.8%

Divorced12%

Widowed7.7%

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

68residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.6%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.8%

Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 20 residents. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At 9.6%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.

Qualifications

35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship5.1%

A levels or similar16%

Degree level35%

WinshamSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Winsham counts 35% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 15% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Of the 7 towns nearest Winsham, 1 are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

TatworthChardCrewkerneIlminsterMistertonMerriottHorton and BroadwayWinsham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Winsham	737	—	54.2	34%	23%
Tatworth	2,287	2.6 mi	52.3	31%	22%
Chard	14,287	3.2 mi	44.5	24%	26%
Crewkerne	7,067	4.7 mi	49.6	28%	22%
Ilminster	5,961	5.1 mi	48.3	29%	23%
Misterton	1,037	5.5 mi	50.4	27%	21%
Merriott	2,068	5.8 mi	51.3	30%	23%
Horton and Broadway	1,212	6.4 mi	54.9	34%	20%

More about Winsham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Winsham’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 Winsham’s residents

What is the population of Winsham?

The 2021 Census counted 737 people in Winsham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Winsham?

The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Winsham?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Winsham?

40% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.

Is Winsham good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winsham’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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