Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 25.1: Yeovilton is younger than 99% of UK towns
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 1.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Yeovilton. On households in detached houses, Yeovilton sits higher than 96% of UK towns: 60%. There were 69 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 998 residents. The share of unpaid carers stands at 1.6%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 4.6%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 47% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
15% women, 85% men
About 17 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Yeovilton is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 0.5%
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Yeovilton has 26%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 22% in Yeovilton, less than in 90% 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 average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. In Yeovilton, 28% of households are one person living alone. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 73% of UK towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 94% of UK towns: 7.4%
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 terraced houses (13%), Yeovilton is below 78% of UK towns. As a reference point, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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
Of residents born abroad, 19% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language. Yeovilton has more residents born outside the UK than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 13%.
Above 96% of UK towns: 52% of residents said they have no religion
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: 92% of Yeovilton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 92% in Yeovilton and 73% across England’s towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. 38% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Yeovilton ranks below 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 8.5%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Yeovilton has 79%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Yeovilton, 28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 3.1% have no qualification at all (18%).
Yeovilton is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeovilton | 998 | — | 25.1 | 4.6% | 22% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 1.7 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 4.2 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 4.6 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 5.1 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 6 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 6.2 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 6.6 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Yeovilton’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 Yeovilton’s residents
What is the population of Yeovilton?
The 2021 Census counted 998 people in Yeovilton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Yeovilton?
The median age was 25.1 at the 2021 Census. 47% of residents were 15 to 24 and 4.6% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yeovilton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yeovilton?
52% said they had no religion and 38% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.7% didn’t answer.
Is Yeovilton good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yeovilton’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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