Photo: My another account at en.wikipedia · Public domainFew flats: only 2.8% of households in Berryfield live in one
8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). The 2021 Census counted 1,094 residents in 474 households. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are common here: 95%, more than in 71% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Berryfield’s people
A village people move to
15% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
47% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 59% of UK towns: half of Berryfield is over 45.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
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.
Full-time students make up 2.7% in Berryfield, less than in 99% 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%.
Here 15% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Berryfield, 26% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 67% 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 3.8% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average. The comparison figure for households with dependent children is 29% across England’s towns.
Only 11% of households live in a terraced house in Berryfield
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
24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 11% in Berryfield. On the census count, 31% of households live in a detached house.
Berryfield sits below 64% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (5%)
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Berryfield comes in at 98%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%).
47% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 87% of UK towns
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: 95% of Berryfield · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 45% here and 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Chinese (0.5%).
Berryfield sits below 58% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (47%)
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
The figure for adults who have never married is 32% in Berryfield and 39% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 42 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 22% of adults in Berryfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 20% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Berryfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berryfield | 1,094 | — | 45.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 1 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Melksham | 18,277 | 1.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Holt | 1,704 | 2.3 mi | 49.9 | 27% | 26% |
| Atworth | 1,293 | 3.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 29% |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 4.5 mi | 54.1 | 29% | 18% |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 4.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Berryfield’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 Berryfield’s residents
What is the population of Berryfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,094 people in Berryfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Berryfield?
The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Berryfield?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Berryfield?
47% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Berryfield good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Berryfield’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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