Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of West Grimstead is over 52.8
Unpaid carers make up 14%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Households in flats account for 0.9%. On households without a car or van, West Grimstead sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 4.7%. The village counted 242 residents and 101 households at the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.5%, against 12% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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 75% of UK towns: 4.2% of adults are full-time students
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%.
At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
One-person households make up 20% in West Grimstead, less than in 98% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that nearly a quarter of households have dependent children in West Grimstead.
Households in terraced houses make up 2.8% in West Grimstead, less than in 99% 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 detached houses is 61%, against 21% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in West Grimstead comes in at 4.1%. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%).
Above 82% of UK towns: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British
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 West Grimstead · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in West Grimstead, 39%. On the census count, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 96% 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
13 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Fewer adults who have never married than in 92% of UK towns: 25%.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 39% of adults in West Grimstead (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 11% (England’s towns: 18%).
Around West Grimstead, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Grimstead | 242 | — | 52.8 | 27% | 23% |
| Whaddon | 2,283 | 1.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| Downton | 2,952 | 3.9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 4.1 mi | 53.4 | 31% | 24% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Salisbury | 47,690 | 4.9 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 26% |
| Old Sarum | 4,013 | 5.7 mi | 31.8 | 6.3% | 49% |
| West Wellow | 1,584 | 6.9 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 22% |
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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 West Grimstead’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 West Grimstead’s residents
What is the population of West Grimstead?
The 2021 Census counted 242 people in West Grimstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Grimstead?
The median age was 52.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Grimstead?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Grimstead?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is West Grimstead good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Grimstead’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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