Photo: My another account · CC0A larger share of residents with no religion than 81% of UK towns: 46%
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Corsham has 8.9%. Here, 13% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 29%, the share of households with dependent children is higher than in just over two thirds of UK towns. 10,887 residents in 4,783 households: that is Corsham at the 2021 Census.
Half of Corsham is under 44.1, younger than 53% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Corsham, 44.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 62% of UK towns, at 4.6%
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%.
In Corsham, 40% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 23% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. Here, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Smaller households than 57% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
One-person households: 31% here and 30% across England’s towns. Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Corsham.
Fewer car-free households than 56% of UK towns: 14%
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
Little separates the share of households in terraced houses here, 24%, from the figure across England’s towns. Across Corsham, 30% of households live in a detached house. Every 7th household or so has no car or van.
More residents born outside the UK than 58% of UK towns: 7.2%
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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are just over a tenth of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
In Corsham, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 58% 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: 93% of Corsham · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.2%). On residents who describe themselves as Christian, Corsham sits lower than 72% of UK towns: 46%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 59% of UK towns: 31%
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
Nearly half of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 9% in Corsham.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Among 397 UK towns of 8,000 to 15,000 people, the 197th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Corsham in age: Yeadon (44.1), Kesgrave (44.1), Liskeard (44.1) and Guiseley (44.2).
Around Corsham, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Corsham’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 Corsham’s residents
What is the population of Corsham?
The 2021 Census counted 10,887 people in Corsham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Corsham?
The median age was 44.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 53% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Corsham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Corsham?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Corsham good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Corsham’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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