Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0Manton sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.4%)
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Manton comes in at 19%. Census day 2021: 297 residents and 130 households in the village. On the census count, 67% of households live in a detached house. Households in flats are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.
Manton is older than 91% of UK towns: a median age of 51.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Manton, 30%. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
2.5% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.5%, a lower share than 91% 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.
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 25% of households have dependent children in Manton. For Manton, the census puts one-person households at 32%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Manton ranks below 97% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 6.3%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 11% of households have no car or van here.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). More residents born outside the UK than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 8.4%. Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Manton sits below 88% of UK towns for residents with no religion (33%)
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: 93% of Manton · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Manton, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 56%.
Manton sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (66%)
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
4 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Manton has more unpaid carers than 69% of UK towns, at 10%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
58% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 58% of adults in Manton, 34% across England’s towns; 9.8% have no qualification, against 18%.
Older than Manton: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manton | 297 | — | 51.5 | 30% | 25% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 1.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 5.2 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 20% |
| Burbage | 1,322 | 6 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 6.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 7.1 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 7.2 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 7.3 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
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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 Manton’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 Manton’s residents
What is the population of Manton?
The 2021 Census counted 297 people in Manton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Manton?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 5.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Manton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Manton?
33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Manton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Manton’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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