Photo: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK · CC BY 2.0A median age of 54.8: Combwich is older than 97% of UK towns
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Combwich comes in at 19%. On households in flats, Combwich sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 0.3%. At the 2021 Census Combwich was home to 660 people in 295 households. In Combwich, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 60–64 than any other five-year age: 9.8% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. 8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 92% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
3.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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%.
By class, 35% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 7.6% of the total.
One-person households: 28%, a lower share than 65% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Combwich, 2.3. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 52% of UK towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
Combwich ranks below 87% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 9.2%
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
Households in terraced houses make up 13%, against 24% across England’s towns. One household in every 11 has no car or van. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 42%, more than in 80% of UK towns.
In Combwich, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Combwich has 4.1%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 98% 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: 97% of Combwich · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 40% answered “no religion” and 50% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 55% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 87% 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
16 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Combwich has more unpaid carers than 76% of UK towns, at 10%. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
32% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Combwich’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
Every neighbour of Combwich has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combwich | 660 | — | 54.8 | 31% | 19% |
| Cannington | 2,315 | 1.6 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 21% |
| Wembdon | 1,772 | 3.2 mi | 51.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Puriton | 2,265 | 3.8 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 26% |
| Bridgwater | 47,846 | 4.3 mi | 37.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Nether Stowey | 1,483 | 4.4 mi | 52.6 | 34% | 21% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 5 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 5.3 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
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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 Combwich’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 Combwich’s residents
What is the population of Combwich?
The 2021 Census counted 660 people in Combwich’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Combwich?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Combwich?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Combwich?
40% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Combwich good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Combwich’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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