Photo: Hoos-foos · Public domainOlder than 89% of UK towns: half of Chiseldon is over 51
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Chiseldon has 11%. One-person households are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 2,033 people lived locally, in 849 households. On the census count, just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Chiseldon’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Chiseldon’s residents are under 51 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 83% of UK towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Chiseldon sits below 79% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.3%)
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 40% of Chiseldon’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The share of full-time students stands at 4.6%.
Chiseldon sits below 78% of UK towns for households with dependent children (24%)
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.2% of the total. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 90% of UK towns: 3.5%
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
Households in terraced houses: 12% here and 24% across England’s towns. On the census count, 41% of households live in a detached house. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 53% of UK towns: 6.7%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 16% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 66% of UK towns: 52%
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: 91% of Chiseldon · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.2% of residents are Muslim. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 91% in Chiseldon and 73% across England’s towns.
Above 86% of UK towns: 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
The share of unpaid carers tops just over four fifths of UK towns: 11%. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 33% of adults in Chiseldon (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
No nearby town is as old as Chiseldon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | — | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 2.5 mi | 48 | 19% | 30% |
| Wroughton | 7,276 | 2.6 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Stratton St Margaret | 20,689 | 4.4 mi | 46 | 22% | 25% |
| Swindon | 183,687 | 4.6 mi | 38.1 | 14% | 33% |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 5.4 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 6.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Shrivenham and Watchfield | 5,353 | 6.9 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 34% |
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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 Chiseldon’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 Chiseldon’s residents
What is the population of Chiseldon?
The 2021 Census counted 2,033 people in Chiseldon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chiseldon?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chiseldon?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chiseldon?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Chiseldon good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chiseldon’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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