Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Codford St Peter is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
The share of unpaid carers is 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 857 people lived in Codford St Peter, in 388 households. Households without a car or van: nearly a tenth of the total. Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 78% of UK towns.
Fewer young people than 94% of UK towns: 7.8% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 18% across England’s towns, 31% of residents are 65 or over in Codford St Peter. Elsewhere, 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 96% of UK towns: 3.4%
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%.
7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 77% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 29% in Codford St Peter. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 3.1%, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Fewer households in flats than 70% of UK towns: 7.4%
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 24% across England’s towns, 18% of households live in a terraced house in Codford St Peter. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. Census figures put households in detached houses at 36% here.
In Codford St Peter, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 92% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in Africa (1.5%). For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Set against 18% across England’s towns, 7% of residents were born outside the UK in Codford St Peter.
In Codford St Peter, 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 89% 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 Codford St Peter · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 39% here and 37% across England’s towns. Still, on residents who describe themselves as Christian, Codford St Peter sits higher than 85% of UK towns: 56%. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.9%), Mixed or multiple (0.5%) and Caribbean (0.1%).
In Codford St Peter, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 23 people. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 88% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Codford St Peter, 3 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codford St Peter | 857 | — | 52 | 31% | 24% |
| Tisbury | 2,274 | 6.6 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 20% |
| Warminster | 18,018 | 6.8 mi | 46 | 24% | 24% |
| Shrewton | 1,722 | 6.8 mi | 52.4 | 25% | 22% |
| Bratton | 1,172 | 8.5 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Littleton Panell | 1,334 | 8.7 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 22% |
| Westbury | 16,394 | 9.4 mi | 40.9 | 19% | 29% |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 9.4 mi | 50.1 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Codford St Peter’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 Codford St Peter’s residents
What is the population of Codford St Peter?
The 2021 Census counted 857 people in Codford St Peter’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Codford St Peter?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Codford St Peter?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Codford St Peter?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Codford St Peter good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Codford St Peter’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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