Photo: Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0Cherhill is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.6
6.5% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Cherhill is home to 575 residents in 250 households, by the 2021 Census. In Cherhill, 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
31% of Cherhill is 65 or over, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Cherhill. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Cherhill ranks below 76% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.2%
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: 9.3% here and 11% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
One-person households make up 23% in Cherhill, less than in 93% 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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Cherhill sits below 99% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (2%)
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Cherhill. Still, 71% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Cherhill ranks above 85% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in Africa (1.9%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 8.6%, more than in just over two thirds of UK towns. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Above 95% of UK towns: 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Cherhill · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.4%) and Indian (0.2%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. 96% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%).
Cherhill sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (63%)
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
For 19 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 12% here, more than in 97% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
41% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Cherhill’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 41% have one at degree level (34%).
Every neighbour of Cherhill has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherhill | 575 | — | 54.6 | 31% | 20% |
| Calne | 19,725 | 2.1 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Derry Hill and Studley | 1,027 | 4.6 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 33% |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 5.1 mi | 54.1 | 29% | 18% |
| Lyneham | 4,645 | 5.4 mi | 25.6 | 5% | 42% |
| Devizes | 19,491 | 5.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 7.5 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 21% |
| Sutton Benger | 1,270 | 7.5 mi | 47.8 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Cherhill’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 Cherhill’s residents
What is the population of Cherhill?
The 2021 Census counted 575 people in Cherhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cherhill?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cherhill?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 8.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cherhill?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Cherhill good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cherhill’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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