Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 18% of households
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%), Wix is below 98% of UK towns. The village is home to 549 residents in 220 households, by the 2021 Census. Households in terraced houses: 6.1% of the total. More households in detached houses than in 96% of UK towns: 60%.
Older than 71% of UK towns: half of Wix is over 47.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.1% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in Wix.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 96% 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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Wix. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Wix households average 2.6 people, larger than in 95% of UK towns
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.
2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 28% of the total.
Only 5.5% of households in Wix have no car or van
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. On average, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 92% of UK towns: 2.9%
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 (1.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.1%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Wix has more residents whose main language is English than 98% of UK towns, at 99%.
Above 87% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British
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: 96% of Wix · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (1.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.4%). Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Higher than in 72% of UK towns: 44% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 48%, against 46% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 80% of UK towns: 53%
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
Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Wix, 11%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put adults who have never married at 28% in the village.
Qualified to degree level: 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wix counts 27% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 17% have no qualification (18%).
Wix and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wix | 549 | — | 47.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Bradfield | 1,254 | 1.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 26% |
| Mistley | 1,827 | 3.1 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 22% |
| Thorpe-le-Soken | 1,590 | 4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Weeley | 1,285 | 4 mi | 52 | 31% | 22% |
| Manningtree | 1,676 | 4.1 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 15% |
| Lawford | 4,488 | 4.5 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 29% |
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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 Wix’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 Wix’s residents
What is the population of Wix?
The 2021 Census counted 549 people in Wix’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wix?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wix?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wix?
44% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Wix good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wix’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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