Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Hindon is over 54.4
In Hindon, 12% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. 674 residents in 306 households: that is Hindon at the 2021 Census. Locally, 18% of households have dependent children. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, a higher share than 93% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
2.6% of adults are full-time students, 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 40% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 91% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 79% 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.
One-person households: 31% here and 30% across England’s towns. 3.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 91% of UK towns.
Only 3.5% of households live in a flat or apartment in Hindon
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
Households in terraced houses make up 22%, against 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across Hindon, 49% of households live in a detached house.
Hindon: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 94% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 8.8% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 68% of UK towns.
In Hindon, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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: 94% of Hindon · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.5%). For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Hindon has fewer residents with no religion than 81% of UK towns, at 35%. Meanwhile, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
Hindon ranks below 92% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 25%
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
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Hindon. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 22 people.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 40% of its adults qualified to degree level, Hindon compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Around Hindon, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindon | 674 | — | 54.4 | 32% | 18% |
| Tisbury | 2,274 | 2.7 mi | 52.9 | 31% | 20% |
| Motcombe | 1,366 | 5.8 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Mere | 2,808 | 6 mi | 55.4 | 35% | 17% |
| Shaftesbury | 9,163 | 6.4 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Gillingham | 11,009 | 7.5 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 24% |
| Warminster | 18,018 | 8 mi | 46 | 24% | 24% |
| Dilton Marsh | 1,958 | 11.3 mi | 50.4 | 26% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Hindon’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 Hindon’s residents
What is the population of Hindon?
The 2021 Census counted 674 people in Hindon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hindon?
The median age was 54.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hindon?
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 Hindon?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Hindon good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hindon’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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