Photo: Maurice Pullin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 96% of UK towns: half of Tilshead is over 54.2
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Here, nearly a fifth of households are one person living alone. 331 residents in 140 households: that is Tilshead at the 2021 Census. Set against 29% across England’s towns, 21% of households have dependent children here.
In Tilshead, 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 14% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over: 25% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 4.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Tilshead has 5.2%. 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.
2.4 people per household, more than in 67% 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Tilshead has 2.9%.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 5% in Tilshead. The share of households in detached houses stands at 48%.
Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Tilshead, more than in 69% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in Africa (2.4%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 8.2% here, more than in 65% of UK towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 96% of UK towns: 97%
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: 97% of Tilshead · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Tilshead, 63%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. For Tilshead, the census puts residents with no religion at 28%.
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, a higher share than 95% 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 nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Tilshead has 25%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 11% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Tilshead counts 31% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Tilshead are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilshead | 331 | — | 54.2 | 25% | 21% |
| Shrewton | 1,722 | 3.5 mi | 52.4 | 25% | 22% |
| Littleton Panell | 1,334 | 3.9 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 22% |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 4.1 mi | 50.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Larkhill | 2,728 | 6.4 mi | 27.2 | 0.7% | 57% |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 7 mi | 50.3 | 22% | 22% |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 7 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 21% |
| Durrington | 5,718 | 8 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Tilshead’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 Tilshead’s residents
What is the population of Tilshead?
The 2021 Census counted 331 people in Tilshead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tilshead?
The median age was 54.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tilshead?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tilshead?
28% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Tilshead good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tilshead’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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