Photo: David Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Rooks Bridge has 2.5%. The village is home to 394 residents in 158 households, by the 2021 Census. Across Rooks Bridge, 21% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Half of Rooks Bridge is over 49.2, older than 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over make up 23%, against 18% across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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 smaller share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns: 3.6%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Larger households than 87% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 5.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across Rooks Bridge, 27% of households have dependent children.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 66%
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
With households in terraced houses at 12%, Rooks Bridge is behind 84% of UK towns on that count. Meanwhile, 2.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 95% of UK towns; 66% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (3.5%), Rooks Bridge is below 84% of UK towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in Africa (1%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 84% 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 Rooks Bridge · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Rooks Bridge comes in at 54%. Lower than in 69% of UK towns: 38% of residents said they have no religion. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. The Muslim share of residents is 1%.
Above 91% of UK towns: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 7.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. Some 9 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
27% of Rooks Bridge’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have none (18%).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Rooks Bridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooks Bridge | 394 | — | 49.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Axbridge | 1,998 | 4.1 mi | 49.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Hutton | 1,686 | 4.2 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 18% |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 16,317 | 4.3 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 20% |
| Highbridge | 5,366 | 4.3 mi | 42 | 21% | 28% |
| Banwell | 2,178 | 4.5 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Locking | 3,819 | 4.6 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 35% |
| Berrow and Brean | 2,252 | 4.6 mi | 58.5 | 38% | 15% |
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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 Rooks Bridge’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 Rooks Bridge’s residents
What is the population of Rooks Bridge?
The 2021 Census counted 394 people in Rooks Bridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rooks Bridge?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rooks Bridge?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rooks Bridge?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Rooks Bridge good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rooks Bridge’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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