Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.047% of residents said they have no religion, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
The figure for one-person households is 27% in Yatton and 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Yatton was home to 7,704 people in 3,255 households. The census found that 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. 11% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 78% of UK towns.
A +16% change since 2011: faster than 78% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Yatton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,600 people in 2011; 8,800 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+35%) and the 45 to 64 least (+1%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2022: 270 more people.
Above 53% of UK towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.4% of residents. Half of Yatton’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 52% of UK towns. As a reference point, 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%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Yatton, 44.8. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Yatton: 5% of adults are full-time students, above 60% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Yatton comes in at 9.1%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 68% 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.
Households with dependent children make up 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across Yatton, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
35% of households live in a detached house, a share 65% of UK towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households in flats (8.5%), Yatton is below 63% of UK towns. Households in terraced houses: 19% of the total. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach
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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 9.9% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Census figures put residents born outside the UK at 5.4% in Yatton. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94% in Yatton, more than in 63% 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 Yatton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.2%). The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Lower than in 75% of UK towns: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 75% 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
Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Yatton has 30%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 171. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 9.3%, fewer than in just over half of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Yatton’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 38% have one at degree level (34%).
258th youngest of 538 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Red Lodge (30.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Yatton in age: Ramsey (44.8), Cottenham (44.8), Upton (44.8) and Fazeley (44.9).
Around Yatton, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Yatton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Yatton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 8,114 people in 2021, against 7,704 in the built-up area.
- 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 Yatton’s residents
What is the population of Yatton?
The 2021 Census counted 7,704 people in Yatton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,800 people in mid-2024, 16% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Yatton?
The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 52% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yatton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yatton?
47% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Yatton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yatton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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