Photo: Trevor Rickard · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Biddestone is over 53.9, older than 95% of UK towns
Households with dependent children make up 19%, against 29% across England’s towns. Biddestone has fewer households in flats than 97% of UK towns, at 2.2%. The 2021 Census counted 485 residents in 227 households. Adults who have never married account for 24%.
7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 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.
Only 3.6% of adults are full-time students in Biddestone
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 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 96% of UK towns: 1.3%
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.
Here just over a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
In Biddestone, 8.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 91% 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
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, just over two in five households live in a detached house here. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
Biddestone ranks above 86% of UK towns on 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Biddestone · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across Biddestone, 37% of residents said they have no religion.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 83% of UK towns, at 54%
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
4 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Biddestone sits lower than just over two thirds of UK towns: 8.7%.
48% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 48% of its adults qualified to degree level, Biddestone compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Biddestone are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biddestone | 485 | — | 53.9 | 27% | 19% |
| Corsham | 10,887 | 2.2 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 29% |
| Rudloe | 2,863 | 2.6 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 32% |
| Colerne | 2,415 | 3.2 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 38% |
| Chippenham | 36,084 | 3.3 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 28% |
| Box | 1,287 | 3.8 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Atworth | 1,293 | 4.7 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 5.2 mi | 51.1 | 26% | 25% |
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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 Biddestone’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 Biddestone’s residents
What is the population of Biddestone?
The 2021 Census counted 485 people in Biddestone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Biddestone?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Biddestone?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Biddestone?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Biddestone good for families?
19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Biddestone’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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