Geology

The parish lies primarily on the Forest Marble Formation. The soil in the area ranges from a light loam to stony brash, and the quality of the bedrock led to a number of quarries being established in the area.

Historical populations

According to statistics gathered during Charles I's reign, the parish had a population of 227, of whom 121 were male and 106 were female.^[8] By 1794, under the reign of George III, the population had grown by 82 to 309, of whom 152 were male and 157 were female.^[8] 38 parishioners were listed as being servants.^[8] At this 1794 survey, all the men in the village were employed in agriculture, and the women in spinning wool. Working children were listed as carders.^[8] The villagers' wages ranged from 6s to 9s per day, with salaries increasing during the harvest. The standard diet for a labourer was described as bread and cheese, "garden stuff" and dumplings for dinner, and tea for breakfast.^[8]

Sir Frederick Eden, 2nd Baronet's The State of the Poor (1797), details the following parochial records for Rodmarton:^[8]

Present-day demographics

The 2001 United Kingdom census showed that of the 333 parishioners, 162 were male and 171 were female.^[1] Of the 163 residents aged between 16 and 64 who were in employment at the time of the census, the majority were classified as being in "managerial and professional occupations".^[9]