Photo: Vieve Forward · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Upper Seagry is over 51.7
The share of residents with no religion trails 99% of UK towns: 22%. On households without a car or van, Upper Seagry sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 5.3%. The village had 322 residents in 133 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 72% of households live in a detached house locally.
Below 95% of UK towns: 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The census found that 28% of residents are 65 or over in Upper Seagry.
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.
5.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 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%.
In Upper Seagry, 55% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 7.4% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Fewer full-time students than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 4.4%. Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 19%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3%, above just over three quarters of UK towns. The average household has 2.4 people. Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%.
Households in terraced houses make up 5.3% in Upper Seagry, less than in 98% of UK towns
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
The share of households in flats trails 93% of UK towns: 3%. Elsewhere, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.1% in Upper Seagry. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in Africa (2.2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 74% in Upper Seagry, more than in 99% 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 Upper Seagry · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Upper Seagry, 95%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Upper Seagry ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 65%
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
3 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. On unpaid carers, 9.4% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
46% of adults have a degree-level qualification
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 Upper Seagry, 8.9%, while 46% hold one at degree level (34%).
Upper Seagry is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Seagry | 322 | — | 51.7 | 28% | 27% |
| Sutton Benger | 1,270 | 1.3 mi | 47.8 | 20% | 30% |
| Malmesbury | 7,184 | 4.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Lyneham | 4,645 | 4.8 mi | 25.6 | 5% | 42% |
| Chippenham | 36,084 | 5.1 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 28% |
| Derry Hill and Studley | 1,027 | 6.1 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 33% |
| Sherston | 1,394 | 6.7 mi | 49 | 25% | 26% |
| Calne | 19,725 | 6.7 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 28% |
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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 Upper Seagry’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 Upper Seagry’s residents
What is the population of Upper Seagry?
The 2021 Census counted 322 people in Upper Seagry’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Seagry?
The median age was 51.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Seagry?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Seagry?
22% said they had no religion and 74% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Seagry good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Seagry’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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