Photo: My another account · Public domainA median age of 53.4: Urchfont is older than 94% of UK towns
The share of adults who have never married is 22%, against 39% across England’s towns. There were 446 households in Urchfont at the 2021 Census, home to 990 residents. For Urchfont, the census puts households without a car or van at 6.9%. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 90% of UK towns: 9.4%.
32% of Urchfont is 65 or over, a higher share than 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.7%), Urchfont is below 95% of UK towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Urchfont ranks above 67% of UK towns on full-time students: 5.2%
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 Urchfont, 43% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 82% of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children
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 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in four fifths of UK towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 27%.
In Urchfont, 58% of households live in a detached house, more than in 95% 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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Urchfont has 3.1%. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns: 99%
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
7.1% of residents were born outside the UK, against 14% across Wiltshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Urchfont sits above 91% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%)
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: 96% of Urchfont · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.9%), Bangladeshi (0.6%) and Mixed or multiple (0.2%). 96% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 86% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 34% here and 37% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 61%
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 16 people. Fewer unpaid carers than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 8.8%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 41% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Urchfont, 41%, and 12% have none, against 18%.
Older than Urchfont: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urchfont | 990 | — | 53.4 | 32% | 24% |
| Market Lavington | 1,810 | 2.3 mi | 50.1 | 22% | 25% |
| Potterne | 1,543 | 2.9 mi | 52.5 | 28% | 21% |
| Littleton Panell | 1,334 | 3.2 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 22% |
| Devizes | 19,491 | 3.3 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 25% |
| Bromham | 1,066 | 7 mi | 54.1 | 29% | 18% |
| Pewsey | 3,792 | 7.6 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 20% |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 8.3 mi | 50.3 | 22% | 22% |
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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 Urchfont’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 Urchfont’s residents
What is the population of Urchfont?
The 2021 Census counted 990 people in Urchfont’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Urchfont?
The median age was 53.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Urchfont?
96% 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 Urchfont?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Urchfont good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Urchfont’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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