Photo: Shqippy · CC BY-SA 3.0Durrington is younger than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 38.7
A third of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). At the 2021 Census, 5,718 people lived in Durrington, in 2,280 households. The census found that 23% of households are one person living alone in the town. The town has more married adults and civil partners than 93% of UK towns, at 57%.
What the Census says about Durrington’s people
A town people move to
16% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Durrington at 4,400 in 2011 and 5,500 in 2024, up 26%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 92% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Durrington’s residents are under 38.7 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.2% are 15 to 24 and 18% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Faster growth than 92% of UK towns: Durrington changed by +26% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Durrington’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,400 people in 2011; 5,500 in 2024.
Mid-2020 to mid-2021 brought the biggest yearly rise, 210 people. The 0 to 15 age group changed most (+50%) and the 16 to 29 least (±0%).
9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 30–34: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Durrington sits lower than 78% of UK towns: 18%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Durrington, 38.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.6% in Durrington, less than in 94% of UK towns
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 take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 24% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 16%.
2.5 people per household, more than in 91% 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.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Durrington has 2.7%.
Below 83% of UK towns: 9.8% of households have no car or van
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Durrington comes in at 5.8%. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Here, nearly a third of households live in a detached house. Lower than in 53% of UK towns: 20% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents born outside the UK: 9.7%, a higher share than 73% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Of residents born abroad, 17% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Higher than in 62% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.5%) and in Africa (1.6%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 64% 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: 92% of Durrington · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and African (1%). 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 52% of UK towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 41% here and 37% across England’s towns.
Durrington sits below 89% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
For 130 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Durrington has fewer unpaid carers than just over three quarters of UK towns, at 8.4%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
14% of Durrington’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 26% have one at degree level (34%).
Among 624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people, the 70th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Durrington in age: Waddington (38.7), Edwalton (38.7), Horsford (38.8) and Brampton (38.8).
Durrington and its 7 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durrington | 5,718 | — | 38.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 1.5 mi | 28.4 | 4.6% | 57% |
| Larkhill | 2,728 | 1.7 mi | 27.2 | 0.7% | 57% |
| Amesbury | 12,676 | 2.1 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 2.9 mi | 50.3 | 22% | 22% |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 4.5 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Shrewton | 1,722 | 5.4 mi | 52.4 | 25% | 22% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 5.7 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
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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 Durrington’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Durrington’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,184 people in 2021, against 5,718 in the built-up area.
- 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 Durrington’s residents
What is the population of Durrington?
The 2021 Census counted 5,718 people in Durrington’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,500 people in mid-2024, 26% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Durrington?
The median age was 38.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Durrington?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 9.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Durrington?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Durrington good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Durrington’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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