Photo: Vieve Forward · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 90% of UK towns: half of Bishopstone is over 51.3
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, 58% of households live in a detached house here. Fewer adults who have never married than in 95% of UK towns: 24%. 400 residents in 174 households: that is Bishopstone at the 2021 Census. The share of one-person households stands at 25%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of UK towns: 8.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Bishopstone, 23% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bishopstone sits below 89% of UK towns for full-time students (3.8%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Bishopstone has 52% and 16%. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.1%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.2% in Bishopstone, less than in 98% 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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 24% of households have dependent children here. The comparison figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3% across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Fewer households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.7%
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
By its share of households in flats (1.7%), Bishopstone is below 97% of UK towns. Lower than in 90% of UK towns: 9.7% of households live in a terraced house. Elsewhere, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Bishopstone: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 61% of UK towns
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3%), then in Africa (1.3%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Bishopstone it is 7%.
Residents with no religion make up 46% in Bishopstone, more than in 83% 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 Bishopstone · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here, 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 61%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 10. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 9.9%, more than in 65% of UK towns.
49% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
8.8% of Bishopstone’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 49% have one at degree level (34%).
The towns around Bishopstone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstone | 400 | — | 51.3 | 23% | 24% |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 2.2 mi | 48 | 19% | 30% |
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 5,353 | 3.5 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 34% |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 4.4 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Stratton St Margaret | 20,689 | 4.8 mi | 46 | 22% | 25% |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 5.2 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Lambourn | 3,141 | 5.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 24% |
| Highworth | 7,932 | 6.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 23% |
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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 Bishopstone’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 Bishopstone’s residents
What is the population of Bishopstone?
The 2021 Census counted 400 people in Bishopstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bishopstone?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bishopstone?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bishopstone?
46% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8% didn’t answer.
Is Bishopstone good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bishopstone’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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