Photo: ChurchCrawler · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Holcombe is over 54.1
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 5.5% of households have no car or van in Holcombe. The share of households with dependent children stands at 21%. Fewer one-person households than in 94% of UK towns: 22%. The village is home to 960 residents in 419 households, by the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 31% in Holcombe, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here and 12% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Holcombe ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.3%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Holcombe, 4.6%. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Holcombe ranks above 64% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6%
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.
Average household size: 2.3 people. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households in flats make up 0.7% in Holcombe, 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
In Holcombe, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across Holcombe, 58% of households live in a detached house. For comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 95% of UK towns: 2.6%
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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.9%) and in EU countries (0.7%). Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
97% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 93% 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 Holcombe · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
38% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. The census found that 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Holcombe. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns, at 59%
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
17 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Unpaid carers make up 9%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Holcombe, 14%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Every nearby town is younger than Holcombe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holcombe | 960 | — | 54.1 | 31% | 21% |
| Coleford | 2,235 | 1.2 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Chilcompton | 1,857 | 1.9 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 29% |
| Midsomer Norton | 13,749 | 2.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Radstock | 9,983 | 3.3 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Paulton | 6,502 | 4.5 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Shepton Mallet | 9,645 | 4.9 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 27% |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 5.3 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 30% |
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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 Holcombe’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 Holcombe’s residents
What is the population of Holcombe?
The 2021 Census counted 960 people in Holcombe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holcombe?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holcombe?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 2.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holcombe?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Holcombe good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holcombe’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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