Photo: Ray Bird · CC BY-SA 2.0Luckington ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 4.5%
The figure for one-person households is 18% in Luckington and 30% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 673 residents in the village, living in 271 households. Locally, 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
Half of Luckington is over 48.8, older than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 78% of UK towns: 5.6%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Luckington has 50% and 14%. The census found that 8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village. Set beside that, 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.
Luckington ranks above 84% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 32%
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.
Households in Luckington hold 2.5 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 83% of UK towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Luckington, 55% of households live in a detached house, more than in 93% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Luckington, 15%. For Luckington, the census puts households in flats at 4.5%. Elsewhere, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.7%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%). Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Luckington sits higher than 64% of UK towns: 8.1%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60%, a higher share than 94% 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 Luckington · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.5%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 35%, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. By contrast, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, against 94% in Luckington.
Fewer adults who have never married than 94% of UK towns: 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.8%. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. 12 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of Luckington’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.7% have no qualification (18%).
Luckington is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luckington | 673 | — | 48.8 | 18% | 32% |
| Sherston | 1,394 | 2 mi | 49 | 25% | 26% |
| Hawkesbury Upton | 1,001 | 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 31% |
| Malmesbury | 7,184 | 6.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Chipping Sodbury | 8,026 | 6.8 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 24% |
| Tetbury | 6,454 | 7.1 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 23% |
| Marshfield | 1,299 | 7.1 mi | 51.1 | 26% | 25% |
| Wickwar | 1,701 | 7.2 mi | 44.7 | 16% | 35% |
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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 Luckington’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 Luckington’s residents
What is the population of Luckington?
The 2021 Census counted 673 people in Luckington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Luckington?
The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Luckington?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Luckington?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Luckington good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Luckington’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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