Photo: Wickhambishops · CC BY-SA 4.0Wickham Bishops is older than 94% of UK towns: a median age of 53.4
The share of households in detached houses is 76%, against 21% across England’s towns. Wickham Bishops is home to 1,923 residents in 808 households, by the 2021 Census. For Wickham Bishops, the census puts one-person households at 23%. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 6.6% of households have no car or van.
What the Census says about Wickham Bishops’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Wickham Bishops’s residents are under 53.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 33% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 8.8% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Wickham Bishops sits lower than 81% of UK towns: 8.7%. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 86% of UK towns
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%.
47% of Wickham Bishops’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.7% here.
Wickham Bishops sits below 83% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (1.7%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Essex’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
The figure for households with dependent children is 25% in Wickham Bishops and 29% across England’s towns. On average, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 4.5% in Wickham Bishops, less than in 98% 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
2.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 92% of UK towns, at 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
Residents born outside the UK: 4.1%, below 76% of UK towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 95% of UK towns: 61%
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 Wickham Bishops · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.5%). On residents with no religion, Wickham Bishops sits lower than 89% of UK towns: 32%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in the village, 94%.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 62%
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
In Wickham Bishops, 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns. For 44 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
Among adults, 34% 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 34% of adults in Wickham Bishops (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Wickham Bishops
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham Bishops | 1,923 | — | 53.4 | 33% | 25% |
| Great Totham | 2,773 | 0.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 29% |
| Witham | 27,395 | 2.3 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Hatfield Peverel | 3,622 | 3.2 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 24% |
| Maldon | 23,389 | 3.4 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Tiptree | 9,302 | 4 mi | 48 | 27% | 25% |
| Kelvedon and Feering | 4,771 | 4.3 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Tolleshunt Knights | 1,059 | 4.3 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 19% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Essex’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Essex (or England), summed the same way as Wickham Bishops’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 Wickham Bishops’s residents
What is the population of Wickham Bishops?
The 2021 Census counted 1,923 people in Wickham Bishops’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wickham Bishops?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wickham Bishops?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wickham Bishops?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Wickham Bishops good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wickham Bishops’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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