Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Andover is under 38.9, younger than 86% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment; in Andover, 19%. At the 2021 Census, 48,484 people lived in the town, in 20,118 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 84% of the total. 30% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 82% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Andover’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Andover at 41,600 in 2011 and 52,400 in 2024, up 26%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 92% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Andover’s residents are under 38.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 16% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Andover has grown +26%, faster than 92% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Andover’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 41,600 people in 2011; 52,400 in 2024.
The 30 to 44 group saw the biggest change (+38%), the 16 to 29 group the smallest (+15%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2014 to mid-2015: 1,120 people.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of UK towns, at 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Andover and 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 30–34, with 7.9% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Andover, 38.9. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 65% of UK towns: 4.5%
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%.
Andover sits close to the norm on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Families with children: 31% of households, more than in 79% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. On one-person households, Andover sits lower than two thirds of UK towns: 28%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
In Andover, 24% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 65% 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
17% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Andover sits above 86% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (15%)
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, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 18%. Here, 93% of residents have English as their main language.
44% of residents said they have no religion, 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: 84% of Andover · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (7.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (1.4%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 72% of UK towns.
35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 67% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 7.9%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. 46% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Andover, 28%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
From a median age of 32 in Augusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams to 47 in Andover South
The town’s 8 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Andover South is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; Augusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams the youngest (median age 32). Families with children are most common in Augusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams (43% of households).
145 UK towns of 34,000 to 65,000 people: this is the 38th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Canterbury is the youngest (27.5); Lytham St Anne's the oldest (54.4). Nearest to Andover in age: Farnborough (38.8), Middleton (38.9), Dunstable (39) and Willenhall (39.2).
3 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Andover
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andover | 48,484 | — | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 1.2 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Picket Piece | 2,329 | 1.6 mi | 31.2 | 5.8% | 51% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 1.8 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | 6.2 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 6.7 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 7.2 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 8.2 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hampshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hampshire (or England), summed the same way as Andover’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Andover’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 49,726 people in 2021, against 48,484 in the built-up area.
- 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 Andover’s residents
What is the population of Andover?
The 2021 Census counted 48,484 people in Andover’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 52,400 people in mid-2024, 26% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Andover?
The median age was 38.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 86% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Andover?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Andover?
44% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Andover good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Augusta Park, East Anton & the Enhams (43% of households). Schools are on Andover’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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