 The percentage of residents in 2011 who responded that they were in very good health, 58.9% was above the average for the district, region and country – 11.7% higher than the country as a whole.The number of homes rose, following a slight decrease at the end of the Victorian period from 59 in 1901 to 98 in 1961.The population gradually rose to reach a peak of 519 in 1951 living in only 97 homes and decreased to 406 over the following ten years.