Photo: Bill Stilling · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of High Ham is over 56.6, older than 98% of UK towns
Households in flats make up 3.7%, against 23% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 450 residents in 195 households. The census found that 1.6% of households live in a terraced house in High Ham. On households with dependent children, High Ham sits lower than 96% of UK towns: 19%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 95% of UK towns: 33%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%, against 12% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.6%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 31% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 20% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a lower share than in 97% of UK towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in High Ham
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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. By contrast, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
High Ham sits above 99% of UK towns for households in detached houses (79%)
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
4.7% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In High Ham, 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. High Ham has fewer residents born outside the UK than 65% of UK towns, at 4.9%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 92% of UK towns, at 96%
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: 96% of High Ham · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Here, just over a third of residents said they have no religion.
High Ham: 60% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
A quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across High Ham, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
High Ham’s adults: 33% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of High Ham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Ham | 450 | — | 56.6 | 33% | 19% |
| Langport | 3,578 | 2.6 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 22% |
| Somerton | 5,106 | 3.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 24% |
| Walton | 1,149 | 4 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 30% |
| Curry Rivel | 2,009 | 4.4 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 23% |
| Street | 12,707 | 4.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 26% |
| Westonzoyland | 1,463 | 5.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 25% |
| Glastonbury | 8,304 | 6.7 mi | 50.6 | 25% | 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 High Ham’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 High Ham’s residents
What is the population of High Ham?
The 2021 Census counted 450 people in High Ham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in High Ham?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is High Ham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in High Ham?
34% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is High Ham good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on High Ham’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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