Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Ludgershall is under 38.6, younger than 87% of UK towns
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 32% in Ludgershall. The town had 5,400 residents in 2,265 households at the 2021 Census. In Ludgershall, 15% of households live in a flat or apartment. One-person households are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Ludgershall’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Ludgershall’s residents are under 38.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.1% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Ludgershall ranks below 88% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 8.1% of residents. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ludgershall, 38.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
4.4% of adults are full-time students, below 71% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Ludgershall has 9.7%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 75% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (3.3%), Ludgershall is above 83% of UK towns.
Ludgershall ranks below 60% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 14%
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
A fifth of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 67% of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 13%, a higher share than 81% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (6.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 97% here, fewer than in two thirds of UK towns. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are just over a fifth of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 69% 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: 89% of Ludgershall · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 44% of residents said they have no religion here. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (1.6%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
Above 64% of UK towns: 50% of adults are married or in 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
At 8.6%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
17% of Ludgershall’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 24% have one at degree level (34%).
58th youngest of 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Ludgershall in age: Takeley and Little Canfield (38.4), Broad Blunsdon (38.6), Waddington (38.7) and Edwalton (38.7).
Older than Ludgershall: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | — | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 1.2 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 2.1 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 3.9 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 5.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 6.4 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 6.7 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 6.9 mi | 28.4 | 4.6% | 57% |
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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 Ludgershall’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 Ludgershall’s residents
What is the population of Ludgershall?
The 2021 Census counted 5,400 people in Ludgershall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ludgershall?
The median age was 38.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ludgershall?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ludgershall?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Ludgershall good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ludgershall’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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