Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns, at 6.9%
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Chilcompton has 23%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Chilcompton was home to 1,857 people in 750 households. The census found that 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership locally.
Half of Chilcompton is over 48.1, older than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Chilcompton. By contrast, more residents aged 65 and over than in three fifths of UK towns: 23%.
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.
Chilcompton sits below 95% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.2%)
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%.
Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Chilcompton comes in at 4.3%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Chilcompton sits close to the norm on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns.
48% of households live in a detached house, more than in 88% 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
Terraced houses are home to 14% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 5.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Chilcompton. Typically, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Chilcompton ranks above 81% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Chilcompton has 4.8%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in Africa (1.1%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Chilcompton, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 80% 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: 95% of Chilcompton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.1%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Chinese (0.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 45% here, more than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. At the same time, half of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%).
A lower share of adults who have never married than 75% of UK towns, at 29%
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
Here one in ten residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%. 38 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of adults in Chilcompton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Chilcompton, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | — | 48.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 1.6 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 2.8 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 2.9 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 3 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 30% |
| High Littleton | 1,655 | 4.2 mi | 46 | 23% | 29% |
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Timsbury | 2,506 | 4.6 mi | 49.2 | 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 Chilcompton’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 Chilcompton’s residents
What is the population of Chilcompton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,857 people in Chilcompton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chilcompton?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chilcompton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chilcompton?
45% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Chilcompton good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chilcompton’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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