Photo: 177777 · CC BY-SA 3.037% of households have dependent children, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
One-person households make up 25%, against 30% across England’s towns. Higher than in 90% of UK towns: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At the 2021 Census, 5,184 people lived in Long Ashton, in 2,079 households. Here, 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
What the Census says about Long Ashton’s people
A town of families
37% of Long Ashton’s 2,079 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 96% of UK towns. 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Long Ashton’s population moved +5% on 2011, less than in 62% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Long Ashton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,700 people in 2011; 4,900 in 2024.
Between mid-2011 and mid-2012 the population rose by 80, its biggest one-year gain. The 45 to 64 age group changed most (+21%) and the 30 to 44 least (−16%).
A median age of 42.6: Long Ashton is younger than 65% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Long Ashton, 42.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, below 59% 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%.
8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Long Ashton has 2.2%.
Long Ashton sits below 83% of UK towns for households without a car or van (9.8%)
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 in terraced houses is 24%; Long Ashton has 19%. One household in every 10 has no car or van.
Long Ashton sits above 67% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (8.5%)
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 97% in Long Ashton. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%).
More residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns: 49%
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: 89% of Long Ashton · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 43% here and 46% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. For Long Ashton, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 89%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 78% of UK towns: 28%
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
94 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 86% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 55% 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 Long Ashton, 9.1%, while 55% hold one at degree level (34%).
516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people: this is the 133rd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Long Ashton in age: Steeton (42.6), Datchet (42.6), Rhymney (42.6) and Rishton (42.7).
Long Ashton and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Ashton | 5,184 | — | 42.6 | 19% | 37% |
| Backwell | 4,347 | 3.5 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 34% |
| Pill | 4,956 | 3.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Bristol | 425,196 | 3.8 mi | 33.9 | 13% | 26% |
| Nailsea | 15,919 | 4.1 mi | 50.9 | 30% | 24% |
| Avonmouth | 2,643 | 4.9 mi | 35.9 | 11% | 29% |
| Chew Magna | 1,249 | 5 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Whitchurch | 1,992 | 5 mi | 39.1 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Long Ashton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Long Ashton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,849 people in 2021, against 5,184 in the built-up area.
- 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 Long Ashton’s residents
What is the population of Long Ashton?
The 2021 Census counted 5,184 people in Long Ashton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,900 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Long Ashton?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 65% of UK towns. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Long Ashton?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Long Ashton?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Long Ashton good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Long Ashton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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