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59.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 99% of UK towns: half of Combe St Nicholas is over 59.8

By its share of households with dependent children (17%), Combe St Nicholas is below 98% of UK towns. The village’s 353 households held 696 residents at the 2021 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White British account for 97%. On one-person households, Combe St Nicholas sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 35%.

40%aged 65 or over 3.5%born abroad 353households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Combe St Nicholas, more than in 99% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Combe St NicholasEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Combe St Nicholas, 5%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1512%

15 to 245%

25 to 4414%

45 to 6429%

65 and over40%

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Combe St Nicholas

England

WomenMen

About 91 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.

Students & newcomers

Below 99% of UK towns: 2.3% of adults are full-time students

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

Full-time students2.3%

Higher managerial and professional13%

Lower managerial and professional26%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical4.8%

Semi-routine9.6%

Routine9.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.1%

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Combe St Nicholas

7.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Residents who moved in within the year: 7.7% here and 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 25%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 17%Couples and families, no young children 47%Shared houses and other 1.1%

Against Somerset’s towns and England’s towns

Combe St Nicholas

Somerset’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person35%

2 people45%

3 people10%

4 people6.3%

5 or more3.7%

England’s towns.

The typical household size is 2 people. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

In Combe St Nicholas, 8.4% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 90% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Combe St Nicholas

Somerset’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van8.4%

One45%

Two34%

Three or more12%

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Combe St Nicholas has 6.6%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. 11% of households live in a terraced house. At 49%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 88% of UK towns.

Where people were born

A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%

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%

Combe St Nicholas

3.5%

Somerset’s towns

9.6%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.2%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1%) and in Africa (0.9%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 3.5% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%, a higher share than 88% 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

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White0.9%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.2%

Black0.3%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Combe St Nicholas · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion37%

Christian57%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.1%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer5.6%

0%35%70%

On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Combe St Nicholas sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (19%)

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership19%

Married or civil partnership58%

Separated2.8%

Divorced10%

Widowed9.7%

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

61residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.1%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.4%

20 to 49 hours1.8%

50 hours or more1.9%

58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.

Qualifications

34% of adults have a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship5.6%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level34%

Combe St NicholasSomerset’s townsEngland’s towns

17% of Combe St Nicholas’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 34% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

The towns around Combe St Nicholas are all younger

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ChardHorton and BroadwayIlminsterTatworthAxminsterRuishtonTrullCombe St Nicholas

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Combe St Nicholas	696	—	59.8	40%	17%
Chard	14,287	2.1 mi	44.5	24%	26%
Horton and Broadway	1,212	2.8 mi	54.9	34%	20%
Ilminster	5,961	3.9 mi	48.3	29%	23%
Tatworth	2,287	4 mi	52.3	31%	22%
Axminster	6,094	7.7 mi	46.8	27%	24%
Ruishton	1,476	8.5 mi	54.1	33%	22%
Trull	1,427	8.7 mi	49.6	29%	29%

More about Combe St Nicholas’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

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How to read these numbers

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 Combe St Nicholas’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 St Nicholas’s residents

What is the population of Combe St Nicholas?

The 2021 Census counted 696 people in Combe St Nicholas’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Combe St Nicholas?

The median age was 59.8 at the 2021 Census. 5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Combe St Nicholas?

97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Combe St Nicholas?

37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.

Is Combe St Nicholas good for families?

17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Combe St Nicholas’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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