Photo: Maigheach-gheal · CC BY-SA 2.0Gomeldon is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.4
0.8% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Census figures put adults who have never married at 18% in Gomeldon. Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. There were 245 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 583 residents.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 81% of UK towns: 8.8%. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
In Gomeldon, 5.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 15% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students stands at 5%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 21% of households in Gomeldon are one person living alone
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across Gomeldon, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. Compared with other places, shared households of unrelated adults are common here: 2.9%, more than in 72% of UK towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 72% of households
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
By its share of households without a car or van (7.6%), Gomeldon is below 93% of UK towns. Against that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%) or in EU countries (2.1%). For comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 6% of residents were born outside the UK here.
59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 92% 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: 95% of Gomeldon · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British tops 77% of UK towns: 95%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion account for 34%.
Gomeldon ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 66%
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
19 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 10% here, more than in 72% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 31% of its adults qualified to degree level, Gomeldon compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 15% hold no qualification (18%).
Gomeldon is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gomeldon | 583 | — | 55.4 | 32% | 24% |
| Old Sarum | 4,013 | 2.5 mi | 31.8 | 6.3% | 49% |
| Amesbury | 12,676 | 3.8 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 4 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Salisbury | 47,690 | 4.2 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 26% |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 5.1 mi | 28.4 | 4.6% | 57% |
| Whaddon | 2,283 | 5.4 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Durrington | 5,718 | 5.8 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Gomeldon’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 Gomeldon’s residents
What is the population of Gomeldon?
The 2021 Census counted 583 people in Gomeldon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gomeldon?
The median age was 55.4 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gomeldon?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gomeldon?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Gomeldon good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gomeldon’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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