Photo: Arpingstone · Public domainA median age of 19.5: Monkton Combe is younger than 99% of UK towns
Adults who have never married: 56% here and 39% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 600 residents in 148 households. Census figures put households without a car or van at 4.1% in Monkton Combe. 81% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 83% of UK towns.
Monkton Combe ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 35%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Monkton Combe has 11%. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Monkton Combe is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
A student village: 36% of adults study full-time
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (23%), Monkton Combe is above 99% of UK towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 people 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, Monkton Combe has 6.1%. Nearly a third of households are one person living alone, more than in 71% of UK towns. On the census count, 28% of households have dependent children.
Monkton Combe sits above 78% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (28%)
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
Nothing unusual on households in flats: 23%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Households in detached houses: 29% of the total.
Monkton Combe ranks below 68% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 96%
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
19% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (5.8%) and in EU countries (5.3%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Below 89% of UK towns: 32% of residents said they have no religion
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: 81% of Monkton Combe · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (4.8%), African (4.3%) and Other White (4.1%). Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 57%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 89% of UK towns.
Monkton Combe ranks below 99% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 4.5%
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. In Monkton Combe, 36% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 47% of adults in Monkton Combe, 34% across England’s towns; 10% have no qualification, against 18%. Many of the 13% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Every neighbour of Monkton Combe has an older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monkton Combe | 600 | — | 19.5 | 11% | 28% |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 1.8 mi | 53.1 | 33% | 27% |
| Bath | 94,080 | 2.4 mi | 35.2 | 17% | 23% |
| Bathampton | 1,698 | 2.5 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 28% |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 2.7 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 21% |
| Bathford | 1,153 | 3.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 26% |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 3.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Batheaston | 3,878 | 3.5 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Monkton Combe’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 Monkton Combe’s residents
What is the population of Monkton Combe?
The 2021 Census counted 600 people in Monkton Combe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Monkton Combe?
The median age was 19.5 at the 2021 Census. 35% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
Is Monkton Combe a student village?
Yes: 36% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (154 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Monkton Combe?
81% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 19% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Monkton Combe?
32% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Monkton Combe good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Monkton Combe’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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