Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Croscombe is over 57.9
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 17% in Croscombe. In 2021, the Census found 578 residents in the village, living in 265 households. Census figures put unpaid carers at 12% in the village. The village has more households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns, at 52%.
Croscombe ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 38%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
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.
Full-time students: 2.9%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8.4%, against 11% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 80% 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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone here. 3.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats make up 0.8% in Croscombe, less than in 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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 17% of households live in a terraced house here. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 8%.
Croscombe ranks above 98% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (1.9%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. At 7.4%, the share of residents born outside the UK is higher than in three fifths of UK towns.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 76% 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 Croscombe · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 95%, against 73% across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. In Croscombe, 39% of residents said they have no religion.
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 98% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 19. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Croscombe has more married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns, at 58%.
A degree-level qualification for 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
45% of Croscombe’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Croscombe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croscombe | 578 | — | 57.9 | 38% | 17% |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 1.9 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 27% |
| Pilton | 1,104 | 2.1 mi | 51.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Wells | 12,097 | 2.8 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 22% |
| Evercreech | 2,165 | 4.9 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 23% |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 5.8 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 6.4 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 20% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 6.9 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Croscombe’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 Croscombe’s residents
What is the population of Croscombe?
The 2021 Census counted 578 people in Croscombe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Croscombe?
The median age was 57.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Croscombe?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Croscombe?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Croscombe good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Croscombe’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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