Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney · CC BY-SA 2.0In Hurst, 36% of households have dependent children, more than in 95% of UK towns
In Hurst, 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. The village had 1,009 residents in 386 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 7.4% in the village. 5.1% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Hurst’s people
A village of families
36% of Hurst’s 386 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Hurst is older than 69% of UK towns: a median age of 47.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 18%, from the figure across England’s towns. One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 70% of UK 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.
7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 74% of UK towns
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%.
Full-time students are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 7.1%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 99% of UK towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Berkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
1.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
Hurst: 57% of households live in a detached house, above 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
Flats are home to nearly one in ten households, against 23% across England’s towns. Set beside that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
12% born outside the UK, more than in 79% of UK towns
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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 98%, fewer than in 52% of UK towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 13% (England’s towns: 21%).
Hurst ranks above 69% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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: 90% of Hurst · Berkshire’s towns 62% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (6.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.7%). 90% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. By its share of residents with no religion (40%), Hurst is below nearly three fifths of UK towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 92% of UK towns: 25%
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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 15. Hurst has fewer unpaid carers than nearly two thirds of UK towns, at 8.8%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 52%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 52% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 7.6% hold no qualification (18%). A levels top the qualifications of 15%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Of the 7 towns nearest Hurst, 2 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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.
- “Berkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Berkshire (or England), summed the same way as Hurst’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 Hurst’s residents
What is the population of Hurst?
The 2021 Census counted 1,009 people in Hurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hurst?
The median age was 47.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hurst?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 62% across Berkshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hurst?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hurst good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hurst’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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