Photo: Rodw · Public domainBelow 99% of UK towns: 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment
With households in detached houses at 60%, Compton Martin is ahead of 96% of UK towns on that count. In 2021, the Census found 554 residents locally, living in 219 households. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone locally. At 58%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 95% of UK towns.
Only 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Compton Martin
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Compton Martin, 25% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. What’s more, half of the village’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 71% of UK towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
Compton Martin ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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%.
Half of Compton Martin’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 12% of the total.
Compton Martin households average 2.5 people, larger than in 85% 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, 29% of households have dependent children; in Compton Martin, 26%. Meanwhile, 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 68% of UK towns.
In Compton Martin, 8% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 93% 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
In Compton Martin, nearly one in ten households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns.
Compton Martin ranks above 90% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (2.4%) and in EU countries (2%). Lower than in 58% of UK towns: 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK.
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 80% 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: 95% of Compton Martin · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 42%, above 59% of UK towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.2%). Lower than in 55% of UK towns: 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 87% of UK towns, at 26%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 10. Lower than in 86% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents give unpaid care. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
A degree-level qualification for 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 45% of adults in Compton Martin (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Compton Martin
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 Martin | 554 | — | 47.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Blagdon | 1,056 | 2.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 3 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Chew Magna | 1,249 | 4.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Temple Cloud | 1,518 | 5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 31% |
| Clutton | 1,630 | 5.2 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 36% |
| Draycott | 1,069 | 5.7 mi | 51.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Cheddar | 5,841 | 5.8 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Martin’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 Martin’s residents
What is the population of Compton Martin?
The 2021 Census counted 554 people in Compton Martin’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Compton Martin?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Compton Martin?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Compton Martin?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Compton Martin good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Compton Martin’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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