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49.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 82% of UK towns: half of Wookey is over 49.4

94% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. At the 2021 Census, 801 people lived in Wookey, in 352 households. In Wookey, 36% of households live in a detached house. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 92% of UK towns: 4%.

27%aged 65 or over 7%born abroad 352households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 83% of UK towns

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

WookeyEngland’s towns

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

Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6428%

65 and over27%

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Wookey

England

WomenMen

About 90 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

In Wookey, 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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

Full-time students5.5%

Higher managerial and professional11%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate8%

Small employers and self-employed16%

Supervisory and technical4.3%

Semi-routine14%

Routine12%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.7%

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Wookey

5.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs take in 33% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 26% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. 5.5% of adults are full-time students.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Households here average 2.3 people, below 58% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 15%Living alone, under 66 15%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 39%Shared houses and other 4%

Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns

Wookey

Somerset’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person31%

2 people38%

3 people13%

4 people13%

5 or more4.9%

England’s towns.

Here, 27% of households have dependent children. One-person households make up 30%, close to the figure across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

Below 55% of UK towns: 9.7% of households live in a flat or apartment

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Wookey

Somerset’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van15%

One38%

Two34%

Three or more14%

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Wookey comes in at 23%. 15% of households have no car or van.

Where people were born

Wookey: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 78% 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%

Wookey

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 language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.8%

Another main language, little or no English0.5%

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents born outside the UK: 7% here and 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.

Ethnicity & religion

46% said they have no religion, more than in 79% 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

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.6%

Asian0.4%

Mixed1.7%

Black0.4%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Wookey · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion46%

Christian47%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.1%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer6.6%

0%30%60%

Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47% here and 46% across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.3%). Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

33% of adults have never married, more than in 54% 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 partnership33%

Married or civil partnership48%

Separated1.6%

Divorced12%

Widowed5.7%

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

74residents 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 week4.7%

20 to 49 hours1.8%

50 hours or more3.1%

24 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.6%, about the same as across England’s towns.

Qualifications

33% of adults have a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship4.6%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level33%

WookeySomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Wookey counts 33% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Wookey is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours

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

WellsDraycottGlastonburyWedmorePiltonCheddarStreetWookey

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Wookey	801	—	49.4	27%	27%
Wells	12,097	2 mi	50.7	30%	22%
Draycott	1,069	4 mi	51.5	28%	25%
Glastonbury	8,304	4.2 mi	50.6	25%	20%
Wedmore	1,424	5.2 mi	56.6	38%	21%
Pilton	1,104	5.6 mi	51.9	28%	23%
Cheddar	5,841	5.9 mi	49.1	27%	25%
Street	12,707	6.3 mi	41.9	21%	26%

More about Wookey’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

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 Wookey’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 Wookey’s residents

What is the population of Wookey?

The 2021 Census counted 801 people in Wookey’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Wookey?

The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Wookey?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Wookey?

46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.

Is Wookey good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wookey’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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