Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Easterton is over 52, older than 92% of UK towns
In Easterton, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. The village counted 580 residents and 249 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, three in five households live in a detached house. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 9.2% here, fewer than in 86% of UK towns.
Easterton ranks below 79% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up just over a quarter of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
More students than 85% of UK towns: 6.1% of adults in Easterton
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%.
By class, 42% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Easterton, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 79% of UK towns: 26%
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.
In Easterton the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Fewer households with dependent children than in 65% of UK towns: 26%. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Locally, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
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
One in ten households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 (2.8%) and in Africa (1.2%). As a reference point, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 64% of UK towns.
53% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 71% 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: 97% of Easterton · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 39% in Easterton. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%.
In Easterton, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 91% 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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 55% in Easterton and 44% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. 7.1% of residents give unpaid care.
Qualified to degree level: 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 34% of its adults qualified to degree level, Easterton compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Easterton and its 7 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easterton | 580 | — | 52 | 26% | 26% |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 0.7 mi | 50.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Littleton Panell | 1,334 | 1.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 22% |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 2.5 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 21% |
| Devizes | 19,491 | 3.9 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Bratton | 1,172 | 6.9 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 7.2 mi | 54.1 | 29% | 18% |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 7.8 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Easterton’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 Easterton’s residents
What is the population of Easterton?
The 2021 Census counted 580 people in Easterton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Easterton?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Easterton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Easterton?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Easterton good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Easterton’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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