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45.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Only 0.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Chippenham

Here nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. Households without a car or van: 4.6% of the total. Chippenham has fewer households in terraced houses than 91% of UK towns, at 9.2%. At the 2021 Census, 520 people lived here, in 238 households.

18%aged 65 or over 12%born abroad 238households

Ages

Half of Chippenham is over 45.8, older than 60% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

ChippenhamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Residents aged 65 and over make up 18%, close to the figure across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 248.3%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6433%

65 and over18%

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Chippenham

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Chippenham sits below 72% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)

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

Full-time students4.3%

Higher managerial and professional23%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate8.9%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical4.6%

Semi-routine7.1%

Routine9.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.7%

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Chippenham

11%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.2× England’s share

At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

A larger share of one-person households than 80% of UK towns: 34%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 10%Living alone, under 66 24%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 41%Shared houses and other 0.4%

Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns

Chippenham

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person34%

2 people35%

3 people13%

4 people14%

5 or more3.8%

England’s towns.

25% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. Households average 2.2 people.

Homes & cars

Households in detached houses make up 44% in Chippenham, more than in 84% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Chippenham

Cambridgeshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.6%

One32%

Two42%

Three or more22%

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats: 5.9%, below 79% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK: 12%, a higher share than 79% 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%

Chippenham

12%

Cambridgeshire’s towns

22%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.8%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Here 98% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.9%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 76% of UK towns: 86%

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

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6.5%

Asian2.7%

Mixed3.5%

Black0.2%

Other1%

0%8%16%

White British, not charted: 86% of Chippenham · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian53%

Muslim1.5%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.8%

Other religion0.8%

Didn’t answer7.9%

0%30%60%

Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Here, 36% of residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

Chippenham sits below 94% of UK towns for unpaid carers (7.3%)

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership31%

Married or civil partnership49%

Separated2.7%

Divorced13%

Widowed4.3%

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

36residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.3%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week5.2%

20 to 49 hours1.8%

50 hours or more0.2%

The figure for adults who have never married is 31% in Chippenham and 39% across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 49% here. Measured more widely, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.

Qualifications

42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications11%

Apprenticeship6.4%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level42%

ChippenhamCambridgeshire’s townsEngland’s towns

11% of Chippenham’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 42% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

The towns around Chippenham are all younger

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

FordhamRed LodgeIslehamKentfordExningNewmarketMildenhallChippenham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Chippenham	520	—	45.8	18%	25%
Fordham	2,566	2.2 mi	44.5	21%	29%
Red Lodge	5,771	2.4 mi	30.9	6.1%	38%
Isleham	2,287	2.9 mi	44.6	23%	28%
Kentford	1,124	3.3 mi	39.9	19%	34%
Exning	2,049	4 mi	40.2	18%	30%
Newmarket	18,857	4.1 mi	40.2	18%	23%
Mildenhall	9,684	4.3 mi	38.2	19%	26%

More about Chippenham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

“Cambridgeshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cambridgeshire (or England), summed the same way as Chippenham’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 Chippenham’s residents

What is the population of Chippenham?

The 2021 Census counted 520 people in Chippenham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Chippenham?

The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Chippenham?

86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Chippenham?

36% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.

Is Chippenham good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chippenham’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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