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56.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Croucheston is over 56.8, older than 98% of UK towns

The share of households in detached houses is 76%, against 21% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 260 people lived in Croucheston, in 106 households. On the census count, 2.8% of households have no car or van. More married adults and civil partners than in 99% of UK towns: 70%.

37%aged 65 or over 8.8%born abroad 106households

Ages

37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

CrouchestonEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.1% in Croucheston.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 246.1%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6427%

65 and over37%

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

Croucheston

England

WomenMen

About 80 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.

Students & newcomers

Only 2.7% of adults are full-time students in Croucheston

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

Full-time students2.7%

Higher managerial and professional22%

Lower managerial and professional28%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical2.7%

Semi-routine9.5%

Routine7.2%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.7%

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Croucheston

5.4%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 5%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.8× England’s share

Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.

Households

In Croucheston, 18% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 3.8%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 58%Shared houses and other 1.9%

Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns

Croucheston

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person18%

2 people47%

3 people13%

4 people17%

5 or more4.7%

England’s towns.

By its share of households with dependent children (23%), Croucheston is below 87% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in three quarters of UK towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. On average, 2.5 people share a household.

Homes & cars

Households in terraced houses make up 1.9% in Croucheston, less than in 99% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Croucheston

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van2.8%

One30%

Two43%

Three or more24%

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in flats trails 97% of UK towns: 1.9%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Croucheston sits above 69% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (8.8%)

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%

Croucheston

8.8%

Wiltshire’s towns

14%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2%

Another main language, little or no English0%

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Residents whose main language is English make up 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (6.9%) and in Africa (1.2%).

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 66%

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

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White5.8%

Asian0%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Croucheston · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion29%

Christian66%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.8%

Other religion0.4%

Didn’t answer4.2%

0%40%80%

Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. 29% of residents said they have no religion. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.

Relationships & caring

Croucheston ranks below 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 17%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership17%

Married or civil partnership70%

Separated1.4%

Divorced4.1%

Widowed7.7%

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

23residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.8%

20 to 49 hours1.2%

50 hours or more3.2%

8 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.2%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Qualified to degree level: 48% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications7.2%

Apprenticeship3.6%

A levels or similar19%

Degree level48%

CrouchestonWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of Croucheston’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 7.2% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

No nearby town is as old as Croucheston

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

WiltonSalisburyOld SarumDowntonWhaddonSandleheathTisburyCroucheston

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Croucheston	260	—	56.8	37%	23%
Wilton	4,300	3.9 mi	45.4	24%	23%
Salisbury	47,690	5.4 mi	43.8	22%	26%
Old Sarum	4,013	7.2 mi	31.8	6.3%	49%
Downton	2,952	7.3 mi	48.9	27%	24%
Whaddon	2,283	7.6 mi	47.9	25%	25%
Sandleheath	1,546	8.1 mi	52.7	31%	26%
Tisbury	2,274	8.2 mi	52.9	31%	20%

More about Croucheston’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Croucheston’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 Croucheston’s residents

What is the population of Croucheston?

The 2021 Census counted 260 people in Croucheston’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Croucheston?

The median age was 56.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Croucheston?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Croucheston?

29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.

Is Croucheston good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Croucheston’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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