Photo: My another account at en.wikipedia · Public domainKeevil is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.9
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Keevil comes in at 18%. The village counted 434 residents and 192 households at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners account for 63%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 99% of UK towns: 4.6%.
Above 94% of UK towns: 33% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Typically, 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Keevil: 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 91% 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 46% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 11% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The census found that 4.8% of adults are full-time students in Keevil.
Keevil sits above 88% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (3.7%)
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.
Set against 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone in Keevil. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 71% 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
1% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. The share of households in detached houses across England’s towns is 21%. For Keevil, the census puts households in terraced houses at 8.3%.
Keevil: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 95% 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
7.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.6%).
Keevil: 62% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 97% 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 Keevil · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.7%) and Chinese (0.5%). The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Keevil sits higher than 76% of UK towns: 95%. By contrast, residents with no religion make up 32%, against 37% across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
One in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Set beside that, 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 8 people.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Keevil counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Keevil has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keevil | 434 | — | 55.9 | 33% | 18% |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 2.5 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Berryfield | 1,094 | 3 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Bratton | 1,172 | 3.5 mi | 52.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Melksham | 18,277 | 3.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 4 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 29% |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 4.4 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 24% |
| Holt | 1,704 | 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 27% | 26% |
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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 Keevil’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 Keevil’s residents
What is the population of Keevil?
The 2021 Census counted 434 people in Keevil’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Keevil?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Keevil?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Keevil?
32% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Keevil good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Keevil’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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