Photo: Patrick Mackie · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.5: Compton Dundon is older than 96% of UK towns
Terraced houses are home to 3.2% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Compton Dundon was home to 388 people in 155 households. Census figures put households in detached houses at 79% here. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 22% of households are one person living alone.
Compton Dundon: 33% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. Higher than in 59% of UK towns: 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 85% of UK towns: 7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 two fifths of Compton Dundon’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
21% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 91% 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.
Households in Compton Dundon hold 2.5 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). In Compton Dundon, 3.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% 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 without a car or van is 24%; Compton Dundon has 4.4%. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (1.3%). Lower than in 54% of UK towns: 5.9% of residents were born outside the UK. The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
55% describe themselves as Christian, 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 Compton Dundon · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Compton Dundon, 95%. Census figures put residents with no religion at 35% in the village. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 95% of UK towns don’t reach
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 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. In Compton Dundon, 10% of residents give unpaid care. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Compton Dundon, 36% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Compton Dundon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton Dundon | 388 | — | 54.5 | 33% | 21% |
| Street | 12,707 | 2.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 2.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 2.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Keinton Mandeville | 1,216 | 3.8 mi | 50.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 4 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 5.4 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 6.2 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
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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 Compton Dundon’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 Compton Dundon’s residents
What is the population of Compton Dundon?
The 2021 Census counted 388 people in Compton Dundon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Compton Dundon?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Compton Dundon?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Compton Dundon?
35% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Compton Dundon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Compton Dundon’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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