Photo: Rob Stallard · CC BY-SA 3.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 5.7%
By its share of households without a car or van (6.7%), Mildenhall is below 96% of UK towns. The village’s 196 households held 473 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Mildenhall, just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership. More households in detached houses than in 87% of UK towns: 48%.
Mildenhall is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Mildenhall, 27%. In Mere, the oldest of Wiltshire’s towns by this measure, it is 35%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.1% in Mildenhall, less 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Mildenhall, 46% and 16%. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 11%.
Fewer people live alone than in 90% of UK towns: 24% of households
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.
Families with dependent children are 26% of households (England’s towns 29%), and 13% are someone 66 or over living alone (Wiltshire’s towns 13%). Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%. There are 2.4 people in the average household. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 2.6% here, more than in three fifths of UK towns.
11% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 87% 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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 99%
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 the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.8%) and in EU countries (2.1%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Higher than in 69% of UK towns: 8.9% of residents were born outside the UK.
58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 90% 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: 92% of Mildenhall · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Pakistani (0.2%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%).
In Mildenhall, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 7 people. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Lower than in 77% of UK towns: 8.3% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Mildenhall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildenhall | 473 | — | 51.1 | 27% | 26% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 1.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 4.2 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 4.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 5.3 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
| Burbage | 1,322 | 5.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 6.4 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 6.8 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 20% |
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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 Mildenhall’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 Mildenhall’s residents
What is the population of Mildenhall?
The 2021 Census counted 473 people in Mildenhall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mildenhall?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mildenhall?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mildenhall?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Mildenhall good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mildenhall’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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