Church of All Saints · Photo: Dbown100 · CC BY 3.0A median age of 49.5: Wrington is older than 83% of UK towns
The share of married adults and civil partners is 56%, against 44% across England’s towns. Across Wrington, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. On households in detached houses, Wrington sits higher than 87% of UK towns: 47%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,997, in 890 households.
In Wrington, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.9% of residents. Lower than in 78% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
More students than 74% of UK towns: 5.5% of adults in Wrington
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Wrington has 47% and 15%. On the census count, 8.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. To put it in context, 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.
Wrington sits below 74% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.9%)
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Fewer households with dependent children than in 60% of UK towns: 26%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Wrington sits below 80% of UK towns for households in flats (5.6%)
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
Here 14% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 75% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.4% in Wrington. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.7%), then in Africa (2.1%). By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94%, a higher share than 65% 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: 94% of Wrington · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and African (0.5%). Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52% here, more than in 63% of UK towns. Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 40% of residents said they have no religion here.
Below 93% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Unpaid carers make up 7.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wrington counts 47% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Wrington is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrington | 1,997 | — | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Churchill | 1,989 | 1.8 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 30% |
| Congresbury | 2,795 | 1.8 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 25% |
| Blagdon | 1,056 | 3.1 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Yatton | 7,704 | 3.3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 3.4 mi | 53.1 | 30% | 24% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 3.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Winscombe and Sandford | 4,605 | 4.1 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 22% |
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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 Wrington’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 Wrington’s residents
What is the population of Wrington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,997 people in Wrington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wrington?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wrington?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wrington?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wrington good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wrington’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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