Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 3.0In Combe, 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
The share of one-person households is 25%, against 30% across England’s towns. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 85% of UK towns. Combe’s 323 households held 774 residents at the 2021 Census. 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Older than 76% of UK towns: half of Combe is over 48.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 23%, Combe is ahead of 62% of UK towns on that count. For Combe, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.9% in Combe, less than in 87% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 50% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). More full-time students than in 86% of UK towns: 6.1%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Combe households average 2.4 people, larger than in 76% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Oxfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Combe, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 29% of the total.
Combe sits below 93% of UK towns for households without a car or van (7.7%)
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
The share of households in terraced houses tops 77% of UK towns: 27%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 78% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4%) or in EU countries (3.6%). 98% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 64% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 81% 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: 91% of Combe · Oxfordshire’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91% here and 73% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Here, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
Combe ranks above 95% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 58%
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
10 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.7%, fewer than in just over two thirds of UK towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
50% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Combe’s adults: 50% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many still at university: 16% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Combe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combe | 774 | — | 48.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Long Hanborough | 3,034 | 1.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 30% |
| Stonesfield | 1,663 | 1.4 mi | 49 | 24% | 27% |
| Freeland | 1,520 | 1.8 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 24% |
| Woodstock | 3,522 | 2.4 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 27% |
| North Leigh | 1,733 | 2.5 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Charlbury | 2,810 | 3.9 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 25% |
| Eynsham | 5,321 | 4.1 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
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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.
- “Oxfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Oxfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Combe’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 Combe’s residents
What is the population of Combe?
The 2021 Census counted 774 people in Combe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Combe?
The median age was 48.4 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Combe?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Oxfordshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Combe?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Combe good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Combe’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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