Church of All Saints · Photo: Wehha · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Ashcott is over 55.2, older than 97% of UK towns
Where nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, Ashcott has 8.3%. Locally, 3.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At the 2021 Census Ashcott was home to 878 people in 388 households.
Ashcott sits above 95% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (33%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 11% of residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total.
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.
Full-time students: 4%, a lower share than 84% 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8.4% in Ashcott. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 20% in Ashcott, less than in 95% 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.
At 2.2 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 88% of UK towns: 3.6%. As a yardstick, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 30%.
Households in terraced houses: 11%, a lower share than 87% of UK towns
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%; Ashcott has 46%. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Ashcott sits below 70% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (4.6%)
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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.2%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%, a higher share than 87% 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: 96% of Ashcott · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.1%). 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 75% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Ashcott has 38%.
Ashcott: 12% of residents give unpaid care, above 93% 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
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 40.
Degree-level qualifications reach 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Ashcott, 32%, and 18% have none, against 18%.
The towns around Ashcott are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcott | 878 | — | 55.2 | 33% | 20% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 1.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Street | 12,707 | 3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 4.3 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 5.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 6 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Woolavington | 2,324 | 6.1 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 6.2 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
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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 Ashcott’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 Ashcott’s residents
What is the population of Ashcott?
The 2021 Census counted 878 people in Ashcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ashcott?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ashcott?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ashcott?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Ashcott good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ashcott’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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