Photo: Adina Levy · CC BY-SA 2.5Aldbourne is older than 84% of UK towns: a median age of 49.8
Compared with 44% across England’s towns, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. At 5.2%, the share of households in flats is lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Aldbourne had 1,686 residents in 719 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%, a lower share than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
27% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.7% of residents. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.6% of adults are full-time students, below 61% 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%.
45% of Aldbourne’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Across Aldbourne, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.7% in Aldbourne, less than in 86% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
27% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. The average household has 2.3 people. One-person households are rarer here than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 86% of UK towns: 9.3%
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
The figure for households in detached houses is 44% in Aldbourne and 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.
Aldbourne sits above 76% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up just over a fifth of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
Above 89% of UK towns: 57% 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: 94% of Aldbourne · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Here, 36% of residents said they have no religion. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 92% of UK towns
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
34 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
42% of Aldbourne’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Aldbourne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | — | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 2.5 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Lambourn | 3,141 | 4.4 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 5.4 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 5.7 mi | 48 | 19% | 30% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 6.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Hungerford | 5,184 | 6.4 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 6.8 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Wiltshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Wiltshire (or England), summed the same way as Aldbourne’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 Aldbourne’s residents
What is the population of Aldbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,686 people in Aldbourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aldbourne?
The median age was 49.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aldbourne?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aldbourne?
36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Aldbourne good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aldbourne’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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