Photo: Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Odcombe is over 52.8, older than 94% of UK towns
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 12% in Odcombe. The village has fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 1.2%. There were 326 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 744 residents. Locally, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of UK towns: 27%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.9% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns, at 6.2%
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%.
The share of full-time students trails 82% of UK towns: 4.1%. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 71% of UK towns: 27%
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (3.1%), Odcombe is above 78% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 8.6% of households have no car or van in Odcombe
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%; Odcombe has 30%. On the census count, 45% of households live in a detached house. Every 12th household or so has no car or van.
Odcombe ranks above 89% 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
In Odcombe, 4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 97% in Odcombe, more than in 94% 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: 97% of Odcombe · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Chinese (0.1%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 79% of UK towns. Little separates the share of residents with no religion here, 37%, from the figure across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 91% of UK towns, at 25%
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 25. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 56% here, more than in 91% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 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 Odcombe, 14%, while 34% hold one at degree level (34%).
Odcombe and its 7 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odcombe | 744 | — | 52.8 | 27% | 23% |
| Stoke sub Hamdon | 1,360 | 2.4 mi | 51.2 | 27% | 22% |
| Yeovil | 50,170 | 3 mi | 40 | 19% | 28% |
| Martock | 4,079 | 3.8 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 20% |
| Barwick and Stoford | 1,095 | 3.9 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Merriott | 2,068 | 4.2 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 23% |
| South Petherton | 3,096 | 4.6 mi | 53.5 | 35% | 22% |
| Ilchester | 2,062 | 5.1 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 37% |
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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 Odcombe’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 Odcombe’s residents
What is the population of Odcombe?
The 2021 Census counted 744 people in Odcombe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Odcombe?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Odcombe?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Odcombe?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Odcombe good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Odcombe’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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