Photo: Chris Talbot · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Pitton is over 58.7, older than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Pitton, 79%. Households with dependent children: 18% of the total. 5.9% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 489 residents here, living in 217 households.
Residents aged 65 and over: 38%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 92% of UK towns, at 3.7%
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 Pitton, 51% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Pitton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 9%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. One-person households: 30% across England’s towns, for comparison. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.5%
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, 5.5% of households live in a terraced house here. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Pitton, more than in 79% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%) and in EU countries (1.8%). Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. Residents born outside the UK: 6.5% here and 18% across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 98%
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: 98% of Pitton · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 32%, Pitton is behind 89% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 63% of the total.
Married adults and civil partners: 67%, a higher share than 99% 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 11 people. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Pitton’s adults: 46% with a degree-level qualification and 8.2% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Pitton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitton | 489 | — | 58.7 | 38% | 18% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 2.3 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Whaddon | 2,283 | 3.1 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Old Sarum | 4,013 | 4.2 mi | 31.8 | 6.3% | 49% |
| Salisbury | 47,690 | 4.5 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 26% |
| Downton | 2,952 | 6.4 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Amesbury | 12,676 | 6.8 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 6.8 mi | 53.4 | 31% | 24% |
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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 Pitton’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 Pitton’s residents
What is the population of Pitton?
The 2021 Census counted 489 people in Pitton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pitton?
The median age was 58.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 38% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pitton?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pitton?
32% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Pitton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pitton’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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