Photo: Stephen Craven · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of UK towns: 8.7%
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British here. In Templecombe, 7.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. Lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 10% of households have no car or van. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,657, in 748 households.
Templecombe is older than 68% of UK towns: a median age of 46.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Templecombe comes in at 25%. In South Petherton, the oldest of Somerset’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns: 3.3%
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%.
In Templecombe, 32% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer households with dependent children than 78% of UK towns: 24%
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.
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Few places have so few shared households of unrelated adults: 2% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Templecombe sits above 74% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (26%)
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 Templecombe, 29% of households live in a detached house. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Templecombe: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 83% of UK towns
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) or in Africa (1.3%). 5.3% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 62% of UK towns. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 51% in Templecombe, more than in 59% 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: 95% of Templecombe · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 42% here and 37% across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.5%).
More married adults and civil partners than 66% of UK towns: 50%
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
Some 46 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of unpaid carers tops 64% of UK towns: 9.9%.
28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of adults in Templecombe (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 6 are older than Templecombe
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templecombe | 1,657 | — | 46.9 | 25% | 24% |
| Henstridge | 1,579 | 1.9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Milborne Port | 3,207 | 3 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 24% |
| Stalbridge | 2,367 | 3.3 mi | 55.6 | 35% | 20% |
| Wincanton | 6,744 | 4 mi | 41.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Marnhull | 1,466 | 4.8 mi | 59.5 | 40% | 16% |
| Sherborne | 10,359 | 5.7 mi | 50.2 | 32% | 20% |
| Gillingham | 11,009 | 6.6 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Templecombe’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 Templecombe’s residents
What is the population of Templecombe?
The 2021 Census counted 1,657 people in Templecombe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Templecombe?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Templecombe?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Templecombe?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Templecombe good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Templecombe’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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