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51.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Below 96% of UK towns: 19% of households have dependent children

The figure for households in flats is 1.7% in Seend and 23% across England’s towns. Still, residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 87% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 245, in 118 households. The share of one-person households stands at 36%.

25%aged 65 or over 5.7%born abroad 118households

Ages

A median age of 51.5: Seend is older than 91% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

SeendEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

No age band is larger than 55–59: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. For Seend, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%. At 10%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in 63% of UK towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6432%

65 and over25%

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

Seend

England

WomenMen

About 86 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.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of full-time students than 73% of UK towns, at 4.3%

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

Full-time students4.3%

Higher managerial and professional12%

Lower managerial and professional18%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed15%

Supervisory and technical7.7%

Semi-routine9.6%

Routine16%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.3%

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Seend

7.9%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.9%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 31% of Seend’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 26%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns.

Households

Smaller households than 94% of UK towns: 2.1 people on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 18%Living alone, under 66 18%Families with dependent children 19%Couples and families, no young children 42%Shared houses and other 2.5%

Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns

Seend

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person38%

2 people34%

3 people14%

4 people9.3%

5 or more4.2%

England’s towns.

Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.

Homes & cars

29% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 81% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Seend

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van18%

One46%

Two25%

Three or more11%

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 18% of households have no car or van here. 27% of households live in a detached house.

Where people were born

99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 78% 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%

Seend

5.7%

Wiltshire’s towns

14%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.3%

Another main language, little or no English0%

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Seend it is 5.7%.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns, at 55%

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

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian0%

Mixed0.8%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Seend · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion42%

Christian55%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0%

Other religion1.2%

Didn’t answer2%

0%35%70%

Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Seend has 42%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 71% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership29%

Married or civil partnership47%

Separated1.9%

Divorced13%

Widowed9%

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

18residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.7%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week3.9%

20 to 49 hours0.9%

50 hours or more3%

Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 7. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners is 47%, against 44% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Adults qualified to degree level or above: 33%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications24%

Apprenticeship3.8%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level33%

SeendWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

24% of Seend’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 33% have one at degree level (34%).

Neighbours

A younger town than 2 of the 7 around it: Seend

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

BowerhillMelkshamBromhamBerryfieldPotterneDevizesHoltSeend

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Seend	245	—	51.5	25%	19%
Bowerhill	3,976	2 mi	45.4	20%	29%
Melksham	18,277	2.8 mi	42.8	21%	28%
Bromham	1,066	2.8 mi	54.1	29%	18%
Berryfield	1,094	3 mi	45.7	23%	26%
Potterne	1,543	3.6 mi	52.5	28%	21%
Devizes	19,491	4 mi	46.1	23%	25%
Holt	1,704	5.2 mi	49.9	27%	26%

More about Seend’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Seend’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 Seend’s residents

What is the population of Seend?

The 2021 Census counted 245 people in Seend’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Seend?

The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Seend?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Seend?

42% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2% didn’t answer.

Is Seend good for families?

19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Seend’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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