page_title: Chippenham
section_title: Population and demography
hierarchical_section_title: Chippenham / Population and demography
caption_attribution_description: English: This graph shows the population growth of Chippenham with the estimated population in red..
context_page_description: Chippenham is a market town in northwest Wiltshire, England. It lies 20 miles east of Bristol, 86 miles west of London and 4 miles west of The Cotswolds AONB. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon and some form of settlement is believed to have existed there since before Roman times. It was a royal vill, and probably a royal hunting lodge, under Alfred the Great. The town continued to grow when the Great Western Railway arrived in 1841; it is now a major commuter town.
  Chippenham is twinned with La Flèche in France and Friedberg in Germany. The town's motto is "Unity and Loyalty".
context_section_description: Chippenham's population grew rapidly in the 1990s, from 25,376 in 1991 to 28,065 at the 2001 census, an increase of 11%. This reflected the development of large housing estates (indeed, entirely new suburbs) such as Cepen Park to the west of the town, and the Pewsham development to the east (named for the small village of Pewsham, further east). By 2007 the figure had reached 34,820.
  Additional housing developments took place, but on a smaller scale. In 2011, the town's population was 45,337, making it the largest in Wiltshire with the exception of Swindon (which is no longer within the administrative county of Wiltshire), and also larger than the city of Salisbury. Estimates in 2018 by the Office for National Statistics gave a small increase to 45,620 and put Trowbridge in first place at 45,822. Trend-based projections for 2026 indicate a population of 49,340.
  The 2011 census also gave information on the demographic makeup of the town. Around 92.1% of the town's population are categorised as White British, making Chippenham more ethnically diverse than Wiltshire as a whole (93.4% White British), but less diverse than the wider South West (91.8% White British).
caption: Population of Chippenham 1801–2018 (2011–2018 estimate in red)
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