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54.1Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 95% of UK towns: half of Wylye is over 54.1

Households without a car or van make up 3.1%, against 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 417 residents in 190 households. For Wylye, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 97%. Lower than in 99% of UK towns: 0.5% of households live in a flat or apartment.

31%aged 65 or over 9.8%born abroad 190households

Ages

Below 99% of UK towns: 6.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

WylyeEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

By its share of residents aged 65 and over (31%), Wylye is above 93% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 246.7%

25 to 4417%

45 to 6432%

65 and over31%

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

55% women, 45% men

Wylye

England

WomenMen

About 83 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.

Students & newcomers

Wylye ranks below 88% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.9%

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

Full-time students3.9%

Higher managerial and professional16%

Lower managerial and professional25%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed17%

Supervisory and technical5%

Semi-routine11%

Routine5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.1%

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Wylye

10%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for just over two fifths of Wylye’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 16%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9.7%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

Below 91% of UK towns: 22% of households have dependent children

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 21%Living alone, under 66 8.4%Families with dependent children 22%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 3.2%

Against Wiltshire’s towns and England’s towns

Wylye

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people41%

3 people17%

4 people8.4%

5 or more4.2%

England’s towns.

In Wylye, 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.2 people.

Homes & cars

More detached houses than 92% of UK towns: 53% of households

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Wylye

Wiltshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van3.1%

One44%

Two32%

Three or more20%

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

With households in terraced houses at 15%, Wylye is behind 73% of UK towns on that count. At the same time, 0.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 99% of UK towns; 53% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Above 95% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language

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%

Wylye

9.8%

Wiltshire’s towns

14%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.3%) and in Africa (2.2%). Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. One in ten residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 73% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%

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

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White2.4%

Asian0%

Mixed0.2%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 97% of Wylye · Wiltshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian60%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.7%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer6.2%

0%35%70%

Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 33% of residents said they have no religion here. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married make up 24% in Wylye, less 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

Never married or in a civil partnership24%

Married or civil partnership57%

Separated0.8%

Divorced11%

Widowed8.4%

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

42residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 10%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week7%

20 to 49 hours2.2%

50 hours or more1.2%

5 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 57%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 92% of UK towns. Add to that, across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Wylye has 10%.

Qualifications

39% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications11%

Apprenticeship4.1%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level39%

WylyeWiltshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Wylye’s adults: 39% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.

Neighbours

Wylye is older than every town around it

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ShrewtonTisburyWiltonLarkhillOld SarumSalisburyWarminsterWylye

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Wylye	417	—	54.1	31%	22%
Shrewton	1,722	5.4 mi	52.4	25%	22%
Tisbury	2,274	6.4 mi	52.9	31%	20%
Wilton	4,300	6.8 mi	45.4	24%	23%
Larkhill	2,728	8.6 mi	27.2	0.7%	57%
Old Sarum	4,013	9.1 mi	31.8	6.3%	49%
Salisbury	47,690	9.3 mi	43.8	22%	26%
Warminster	18,018	9.6 mi	46	24%	24%

More about Wylye’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Wylye’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 Wylye’s residents

What is the population of Wylye?

The 2021 Census counted 417 people in Wylye’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Wylye?

The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Wylye?

97% 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 Wylye?

33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.

Is Wylye good for families?

22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wylye’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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