Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). There were 121 households in Corston at the 2021 Census, home to 302 residents. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 7.3% here. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
Older than 72% of UK towns: half of Corston is over 47.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Corston has 19%. In Corston, 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Corston sits above 93% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (13%)
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%.
Against a figure of 7.9% across England’s towns, the share of full-time students in Corston comes in at 4.4%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 88% 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.
Little separates the share of households with dependent children here, 29%, from the figure across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.3% of the total.
A village of detached houses: 70% of households live in one
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
2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Above 59% of UK towns: 7.3% of residents were born outside the UK
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
98% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1%).
Corston ranks above 69% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 44%
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 Corston · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 73% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 46%. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 63% in Corston, more than in 99% 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
Here 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 44%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Corston, 44%, and 8.5% have none, against 18%.
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Corston
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corston | 302 | — | 47.6 | 19% | 29% |
| Malmesbury | 7,184 | 2.1 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Sutton Benger | 1,270 | 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Sherston | 1,394 | 4.5 mi | 49 | 25% | 26% |
| Tetbury | 6,454 | 6.3 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Chippenham | 36,084 | 6.9 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 28% |
| Lyneham | 4,645 | 7 mi | 25.6 | 5% | 42% |
| Derry Hill and Studley | 1,027 | 8.5 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 33% |
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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 Corston’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 Corston’s residents
What is the population of Corston?
The 2021 Census counted 302 people in Corston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Corston?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Corston?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Corston?
44% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Corston good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Corston’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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