Photo: Vieve Forward · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer people live alone than in 98% of UK towns: 19% of households
Half of Ogbourne Maizey’s residents are over 50.9, older than in 89% of UK towns. Here, 2.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. Census day 2021: 379 residents and 157 households in the village. Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Ogbourne Maizey comes in at 62%.
Ogbourne Maizey: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Ogbourne Maizey ranks below 86% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.9%
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%.
In Ogbourne Maizey, 45% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%. The census found that 6.8% of adults are full-time students in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 76% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across Ogbourne Maizey, 25% of households have dependent children.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 95% of UK towns, at 57%
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 without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that just over one in ten households live in a terraced house in Ogbourne Maizey.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Ogbourne Maizey, more than in 92% 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
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents were born outside the UK here. Across the comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (2.1%).
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 64%
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 Ogbourne Maizey · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 31% of residents said they have no religion here. By contrast, on residents who describe themselves as White British, Ogbourne Maizey sits higher than just over four fifths of UK towns: 96%. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.2%), Caribbean (0.5%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Ogbourne Maizey ranks below 86% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 27%
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
7.9% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 48% of its adults qualified to degree level, Ogbourne Maizey compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 8.4% hold no qualification (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 15%.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Ogbourne Maizey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogbourne Maizey | 379 | — | 50.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Marlborough | 8,829 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 23% |
| Chiseldon | 2,033 | 4.8 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Aldbourne | 1,686 | 5.1 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Ramsbury | 1,541 | 5.4 mi | 50 | 28% | 26% |
| Wroughton | 7,276 | 6 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 25% |
| Wanborough | 1,737 | 6.9 mi | 48 | 19% | 30% |
| Great Bedwyn | 1,194 | 7.3 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 26% |
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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 Ogbourne Maizey’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 Ogbourne Maizey’s residents
What is the population of Ogbourne Maizey?
The 2021 Census counted 379 people in Ogbourne Maizey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ogbourne Maizey?
The median age was 50.9 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ogbourne Maizey?
96% 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 Ogbourne Maizey?
31% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Ogbourne Maizey good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ogbourne Maizey’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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