Oare House · Photo: Rob Stallard · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Oare is over 53.3
Households without a car or van: 8.3%, below 91% of UK towns. Oare’s 123 households held 251 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 4.1% of households live in a flat or apartment. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Above 89% of UK towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
60–64 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.2%.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 4% in Oare, 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%.
Full-time students: 7.1%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More one-person households than 98% of UK towns: 39%
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 average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Across Oare, 22% of households have dependent children.
7.4% of households live in a terraced house, below 94% 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, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Oare has 35%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Oare: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 93% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.8%) and in Africa (2%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 62% of UK towns: 5.2% of residents were born outside the UK.
Only 32% of residents said they have no religion in Oare
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: 96% of Oare · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 59% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% of the total. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 88% 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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Oare has 54%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 6.
Degree-level qualifications: 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
34% of Oare’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 13%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Every nearby town is younger than Oare
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oare | 251 | — | 53.3 | 29% | 22% |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 1.8 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 20% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 4.2 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Burbage | 1,322 | 4.8 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 7.6 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 8.8 mi | 50.3 | 22% | 22% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 9.2 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Devizes | 19,491 | 9.2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Oare’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 Oare’s residents
What is the population of Oare?
The 2021 Census counted 251 people in Oare’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oare?
The median age was 53.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oare?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oare?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Oare good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oare’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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