Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 97% of UK towns: 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24
One-person households: 36%, above 91% of UK towns. There were 2,031 households in Wilton at the 2021 Census, home to 4,300 residents. For Wilton, the census puts households with dependent children at 23%. More households without a car or van than in 71% of UK towns: 20%.
Wilton sits above 67% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 35–39: 7.6% of residents. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. With a median age of 45.4, Wilton is older than 57% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Wilton, 45.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 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.
Wilton sits below 93% of UK towns for full-time students (3.6%)
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 take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 22% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Households here average 2.1 people, below 90% 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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
More terraced houses than 78% of UK towns: 28% of households
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
Detached houses are home to just over a quarter of households, against 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
More residents born abroad than 73% of UK towns: 9.8% in Wilton
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 19%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.3%) and in Africa (2%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 53% in Wilton, more than in 73% 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: 91% of Wilton · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (1.3%). As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91% here and 73% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 30%, a lower share than 64% 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
127 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Wilton counts 34% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 282nd youngest of 695 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Wilton in age: North Weald Bassett (45.4), Bowerhill (45.4), Cuckfield (45.4) and Pwllheli (45.4).
Around Wilton, 3 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Wilton’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 Wilton’s residents
What is the population of Wilton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,300 people in Wilton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wilton?
The median age was 45.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 57% of UK towns. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wilton?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Wiltshire’s towns. 9.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wilton?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Wilton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wilton’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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