Photo: sammydavisdog · CC BY 2.0Households in flats make up 0.9% in Upavon, less than in 99% of UK towns
One-person households: 22% here and 30% across England’s towns. Upavon’s 344 households held 879 residents at the 2021 Census. In Upavon, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 98% of UK towns.
7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Upavon’s residents are under 42.6, younger than in 65% of UK towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. More residents are 35–39 than any other five-year age: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Upavon is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 96% of UK towns: 15%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 55% of Upavon’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 8.4%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%. 4.7% of adults are full-time students.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 82% of UK towns, at 1.7%
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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The benchmark for shared households of unrelated adults across England’s towns: 4.3%. Households with dependent children account for 28%.
More households in detached houses than 92% of UK towns: 53%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Upavon has 12%. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Upavon, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 89% 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 EU countries (4.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.4%). 10% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 74% of UK towns. Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns: 32%
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: 90% of Upavon · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Upavon comes in at 90%. In Upavon, nearly three in five residents describe themselves as Christian. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 59%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 24%, against 39% across England’s towns. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 13 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
42% of Upavon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 10% have none (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Upavon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upavon | 879 | — | 42.6 | 20% | 28% |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 3.5 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 20% |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 3.9 mi | 50.3 | 22% | 22% |
| Durrington | 5,718 | 6.8 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Larkhill | 2,728 | 6.8 mi | 27.2 | 0.7% | 57% |
| Burbage | 1,322 | 7.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 7.4 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 7.4 mi | 50.1 | 22% | 25% |
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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 Upavon’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 Upavon’s residents
What is the population of Upavon?
The 2021 Census counted 879 people in Upavon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upavon?
The median age was 42.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upavon?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upavon?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Upavon good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upavon’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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