Photo: Nigel Mykura · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Woolavington is over 50.6, older than 88% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 22% here and 29% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Woolavington was home to 2,324 people in 1,029 households. 4.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. Higher than in 71% of UK towns: 38% of households live in a detached house.
What the Census says about Woolavington’s people
Many carers
275 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Older than most towns
Half of Woolavington’s residents are under 50.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of UK towns: 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Woolavington comes in at 8.8%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8% of residents.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 88% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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%.
9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Woolavington sits below 76% of UK towns for one-person households (27%)
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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Woolavington.
Woolavington sits below 73% of UK towns for households without a car or van (11%)
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
Nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 80% of UK towns: 3.8%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Woolavington comes in at 99%. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
A higher White British share than 91% 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
White British, not charted: 96% of Woolavington · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Woolavington, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across Woolavington, 42% of residents said they have no religion.
Unpaid carers make up 13% in Woolavington, more 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
For 95 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. To put it in context, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 73% of UK towns. Meanwhile, the share of adults who have never married is 28%, against 39% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 24% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 24% of adults in Woolavington (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 21% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Woolavington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolavington | 2,324 | — | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 1.6 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 3.9 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 4.2 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 4.4 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 5.4 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 5.6 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 Woolavington’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 Woolavington’s residents
What is the population of Woolavington?
The 2021 Census counted 2,324 people in Woolavington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woolavington?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Woolavington?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woolavington?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Woolavington good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woolavington’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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