Photo: PAUL FARMER · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4.2% of households have no car or van in Ubley
With households in detached houses at 63%, Ubley is ahead of 98% of UK towns on that count. 1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Ubley was home to 364 people in 143 households. For Ubley, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 60%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, a lower share than 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Ubley is 48, higher than in 74% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that 29% of residents are 65 or over in the village. 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 93% of UK towns: 7.5% of adults are full-time students
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 Ubley, 53% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.2% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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.
In Ubley the average household is 2.5 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Across Ubley, 30% of households have dependent children.
0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% of UK towns
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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 11% in Ubley and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in Africa (1.9%) and in EU countries (1.4%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Fewer residents born outside the UK than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 3.9%.
57% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 87% 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: 94% of Ubley · Somerset’s towns 89% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 39% in Ubley.
Adults who have never married: 26%, a lower share than 87% of UK towns
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 1. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 9.2%, fewer than in 55% of UK towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 55%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Ubley counts 55% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 6.2% have no qualification (18%). A levels are as far as 16% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Ubley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubley | 364 | — | 48 | 29% | 30% |
| Blagdon | 1,056 | 1.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Bishop Sutton | 1,424 | 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 19% | 37% |
| Chew Magna | 1,249 | 4.1 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Wrington | 1,997 | 4.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 26% |
| Churchill | 1,989 | 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 30% |
| Shipham | 1,104 | 5.1 mi | 53.1 | 30% | 24% |
| Cheddar | 5,841 | 5.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Ubley’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 Ubley’s residents
What is the population of Ubley?
The 2021 Census counted 364 people in Ubley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ubley?
The median age was 48 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ubley?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 89% across Somerset’s towns. 3.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ubley?
39% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Ubley good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ubley’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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