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54.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

A median age of 54.7: Broad Chalke is older than 96% of UK towns

44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 60% in Broad Chalke. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. There were 95 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 240 residents. Across Broad Chalke, 20% of households are one person living alone.

27%aged 65 or over 11%born abroad 95households

Ages

Fewer young people than 93% of UK towns: 7.9% are 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

Broad ChalkeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

27% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 247.9%

25 to 4416%

45 to 6435%

65 and over27%

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Broad Chalke

England

WomenMen

About 91 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.

Students & newcomers

Broad Chalke ranks below 88% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.9%

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

Full-time students3.9%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate8.7%

Small employers and self-employed26%

Supervisory and technical4.8%

Semi-routine6.7%

Routine9.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.4%

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Broad Chalke

7.6%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.2%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.9× England’s share

Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.2%, against 11% across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.

Households

A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 1.1%

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 9.5%Living alone, under 66 11%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 57%Shared houses and other 1.1%

Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns

Broad Chalke

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person20%

2 people46%

3 people18%

4 people11%

5 or more5.2%

England’s towns.

Households in Broad Chalke hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). To put it in context, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. On the census count, 22% of households have dependent children.

Homes & cars

Fewer car-free households than 97% of UK towns: 6.3%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Broad Chalke

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van6.3%

One32%

Two38%

Three or more24%

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats: 4.2% here and 23% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 43% in Broad Chalke.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 78% 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%

Broad Chalke

11%

Wiltshire’s towns

14%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language95%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well4.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (3.8%). 95% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 77% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Broad Chalke

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

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.4%

Asian3.8%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 93% of Broad Chalke · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion32%

Christian58%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist3.8%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer6.3%

0%35%70%

73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 93% in Broad Chalke. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Broad Chalke, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian.

Relationships & caring

25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 93% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership25%

Married or civil partnership60%

Separated1.5%

Divorced7.8%

Widowed5.4%

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

16residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 6.8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.9%

20 to 49 hours0%

50 hours or more3%

The share of unpaid carers trails 97% of UK towns: 6.8%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 7 people. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 44% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship4.4%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level44%

Broad ChalkeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

12% of Broad Chalke’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 44% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

The towns around Broad Chalke are all younger

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

WiltonSalisburyTisburyOld SarumDowntonSandleheathWhaddonBroad Chalke

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Broad Chalke	240	—	54.7	27%	22%
Wilton	4,300	4.9 mi	45.4	24%	23%
Salisbury	47,690	6.6 mi	43.8	22%	26%
Tisbury	2,274	7 mi	52.9	31%	20%
Old Sarum	4,013	8.3 mi	31.8	6.3%	49%
Downton	2,952	8.4 mi	48.9	27%	24%
Sandleheath	1,546	8.6 mi	52.7	31%	26%
Whaddon	2,283	8.9 mi	47.9	25%	25%

More about Broad Chalke’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Broad Chalke’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 Broad Chalke’s residents

What is the population of Broad Chalke?

The 2021 Census counted 240 people in Broad Chalke’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Broad Chalke?

The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Broad Chalke?

93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Broad Chalke?

32% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.

Is Broad Chalke good for families?

22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broad Chalke’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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