Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 3.4%
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Holcombe Rogus comes in at 1.7%. At 24%, the share of households with dependent children is lower than in 78% of UK towns. The village had 270 residents in 120 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, half of residents said they have no religion.
6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 27%, Holcombe Rogus is ahead of 82% of UK towns on that count. Half of the village’s residents are over 47.5, older than in 72% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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 98% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 6.8%, Holcombe Rogus is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Only 24% of households in Holcombe Rogus are one person living alone
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Devon’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 5%.
A higher share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 42%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Holcombe Rogus has 42%. As a reference point, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 98% of UK towns: 2.2%
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
100% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%) and in Africa (0.7%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
99% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 99% of Holcombe Rogus · Devon’s towns 91% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46%, about the same as across England’s towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
In Holcombe Rogus, 13% of residents give unpaid care, 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
Married people and civil partners make up 53% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. Locally, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
41% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 41% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 19% hold no qualification (18%).
Holcombe Rogus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holcombe Rogus | 270 | — | 47.5 | 27% | 24% |
| Sampford Peverell | 1,375 | 2.9 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Uffculme | 2,041 | 3.6 mi | 46.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Rockwell Green | 2,854 | 4.4 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Willand | 3,477 | 4.7 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Wellington | 13,815 | 5.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 25% |
| Hemyock | 1,674 | 5.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 28% |
| Wiveliscombe | 2,316 | 6.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Devon’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Devon (or England), summed the same way as Holcombe Rogus’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 Holcombe Rogus’s residents
What is the population of Holcombe Rogus?
The 2021 Census counted 270 people in Holcombe Rogus’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holcombe Rogus?
The median age was 47.5 at the 2021 Census. 6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holcombe Rogus?
99% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 91% across Devon’s towns. 2.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holcombe Rogus?
50% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3% didn’t answer.
Is Holcombe Rogus good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holcombe Rogus’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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