Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 93% of UK towns: half of Chapmanslade is over 52.7
With one-person households at 20%, Chapmanslade is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. The village had 676 residents in 283 households at the 2021 Census. Three in five households live in a detached house. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 99% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of UK towns: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.8%, Chapmanslade is behind 78% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 94% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Chapmanslade, 25% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 74% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 4.2%. Households average 2.4 people. Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%.
Chapmanslade ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.8%
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
7.1% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Chapmanslade has fewer households in terraced houses than 83% of UK towns, at 12%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% 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
4.6% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, a higher share than 93% 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: 96% of Chapmanslade · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Chapmanslade has 96%. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 34% of residents said they have no religion.
Only 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Chapmanslade
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
Across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care; in Chapmanslade, 9.8%. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 11 residents.
39% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Chapmanslade, 39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Chapmanslade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapmanslade | 676 | — | 52.7 | 31% | 25% |
| Dilton Marsh | 1,958 | 1.9 mi | 50.4 | 26% | 23% |
| Frome | 27,904 | 2.8 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 29% |
| Beckington | 1,001 | 2.9 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 27% |
| Warminster | 18,018 | 3.5 mi | 46 | 24% | 24% |
| Westbury | 16,394 | 3.6 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Southwick | 1,856 | 4.7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 28% |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 4.9 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 24% |
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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 Chapmanslade’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 Chapmanslade’s residents
What is the population of Chapmanslade?
The 2021 Census counted 676 people in Chapmanslade’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chapmanslade?
The median age was 52.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chapmanslade?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 4.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chapmanslade?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Chapmanslade good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chapmanslade’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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