Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 4.4%
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Burbage has 60%. With a median age of 49.4, Burbage is older than 82% of UK towns. The village had 1,322 residents in 549 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of UK towns: 8.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Burbage comes in at 25%. The usual figure: 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.
6.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 89% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Burbage has 40% and 18%. Fewer full-time students than in 64% of UK towns: 4.5%. The wider picture: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Burbage ranks below 84% of UK towns on one-person households: 25%
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.
Households in Burbage hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.6% of the total. Higher than in 61% of UK towns: 28% of households have dependent children.
Below 93% of UK towns: 7.7% of households have no car or van
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 23% across England’s towns, 7.4% of households live in a flat or apartment here. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (2.2%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.3% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns, at 57%
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 Burbage · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Burbage has 95%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 37% of the total.
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, a higher share than 96% 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
8% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 32 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Burbage, 38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).
Burbage is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbage | 1,322 | — | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 3.7 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 4.5 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 20% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 5.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 7 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 7.1 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 7.6 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 7.6 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
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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 Burbage’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 Burbage’s residents
What is the population of Burbage?
The 2021 Census counted 1,322 people in Burbage’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burbage?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burbage?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Burbage?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Burbage good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burbage’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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