Photo: My another account · Public domainA median age of 51.2: Rowde is older than 90% of UK towns
The average household has 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Rowde has fewer households with dependent children than 88% of UK towns, at 22%. At the 2021 Census Rowde was home to 864 people in 398 households. The census found that a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in the village.
28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 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 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 2.5%, a lower share than 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 Rowde, 34% and 26%. 8.8% of residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 69% 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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Rowde has 31%. Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Rowde sits below 68% of UK towns for households without a car or van (12%)
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
Detached houses are home to 27% of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: just over a quarter of the total. At 11%, the share of households in flats is higher than in just over half of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 74% 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
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Rowde it is 5.6%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Rowde: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 78% 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: 95% of Rowde · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here two in five residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. In Rowde, 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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
On the census count, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 27% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Rowde, 15%, while 27% hold one at degree level (34%).
Around Rowde, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowde | 864 | — | 51.2 | 28% | 22% |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 2 mi | 54.1 | 29% | 18% |
| Devizes | 19,491 | 2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 2.7 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 21% |
| Bowerhill | 3,976 | 4 mi | 45.4 | 20% | 29% |
| Melksham | 18,277 | 4.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Berryfield | 1,094 | 4.9 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Derry Hill and Studley | 1,027 | 5.3 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 33% |
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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 Rowde’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 Rowde’s residents
What is the population of Rowde?
The 2021 Census counted 864 people in Rowde’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rowde?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rowde?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rowde?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Rowde good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rowde’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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