Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 35.8: Wigmore is younger than 95% of UK towns
By its share of households with dependent children (39%), Wigmore is above 97% of UK towns. On residents with no religion, Wigmore sits higher than 93% of UK towns: 50%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 527, in 190 households. Across Wigmore, 7.9% of households have no car or van.
Wigmore ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 9.1% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 92% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Wigmore sits above 94% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (13%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a fifth of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 32% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Wigmore, 6.4% of adults are full-time students. To put it in context, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
23% of households are one person living alone, below 93% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.7 people each.
Only 15% of households live in a detached house in Wigmore
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
Here 31% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Meanwhile, households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Wigmore sits below 74% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (96%)
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 7% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
Below 86% of UK towns: 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Wigmore · Herefordshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.6%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Set against 73% across England’s towns, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British in Wigmore.
A larger share of unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns: 12%
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. Married adults and civil partners account for 39%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 42%, more than in 93% of UK towns.
28% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 28% of adults in Wigmore, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%. For 20%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Wigmore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wigmore | 527 | — | 35.8 | 15% | 39% |
| Presteigne | 1,929 | 6.9 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Ludlow | 10,037 | 7.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 18% |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 7.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Knighton | 2,911 | 8.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 19% |
| Craven Arms | 2,563 | 8.8 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 25% |
| Kington | 2,423 | 10.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 20% |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 10.8 mi | 56.2 | 36% | 20% |
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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.
- “Herefordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Herefordshire (or England), summed the same way as Wigmore’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 Wigmore’s residents
What is the population of Wigmore?
The 2021 Census counted 527 people in Wigmore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wigmore?
The median age was 35.8 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wigmore?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across Herefordshire’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wigmore?
50% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Wigmore good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wigmore’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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