Photo: Stuart Logan · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 1.9%
66% of residents describe themselves as Christian (England’s towns: 46%). Ham had 249 residents and 105 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.6. Households in flats account for 0.9%. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 57% here, more than in 94% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 83% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Ham is 48.6, higher than in 77% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Ham, 6.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 86% 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%.
The figure for residents who moved in within the year is 12% in Ham and 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 24% of households have dependent children in Ham
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Ham, 2.4. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Here, 3.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. More one-person households than in 57% of UK towns: 30%.
A village of detached houses: 65% 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
In Ham, 6.6% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 85% of UK towns, at 14%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (4.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.4%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 97% here, fewer than in 65% of UK towns.
No religion: 29% of residents, a lower share than 95% 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: 88% of Ham · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 88%, against 73% across England’s towns. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5% of residents give unpaid care
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Unpaid carers make up 8.7% across England’s towns. 2 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Among adults, 41% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Ham, 41% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 21%.
Around Ham, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham | 249 | — | 48.6 | 28% | 24% |
| Hungerford | 5,184 | 3.3 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 24% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 3.4 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
| Kintbury | 2,054 | 4 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Burbage | 1,322 | 6.2 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Woolton Hill and Highclere | 2,755 | 6.3 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 33% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 6.4 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 8.7 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Ham’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 Ham’s residents
What is the population of Ham?
The 2021 Census counted 249 people in Ham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ham?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ham?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ham?
29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ham’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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