Photo: Chris Talbot · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 7% are 15 to 24
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 61% in Appleshaw and 46% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 470 residents and 215 households in the village. For Appleshaw, the census puts households without a car or van at 6.3%. Higher than in just over four fifths of UK towns: 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
A median age of 50.4: Appleshaw is older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 9.3% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 82% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
1.8% of adults are full-time students, below 99% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Below 84% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children
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.
2.8% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 75% of UK towns: 40%
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
Households in terraced houses: 16% here and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Locally, one in ten households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Appleshaw, more than in 91% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 65% of UK towns. Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Appleshaw sits above 87% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (96%)
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: 96% of Appleshaw · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 35% answered “no religion” and 61% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.6%), Indian (0.2%) and Pakistani (0.2%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns, at 24%
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
At 8.4%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
A degree-level qualification for 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Appleshaw (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Appleshaw has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleshaw | 470 | — | 50.4 | 27% | 23% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 2.6 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 3.1 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 3.9 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 4.2 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 4.2 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 5.1 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
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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 Appleshaw’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 Appleshaw’s residents
What is the population of Appleshaw?
The 2021 Census counted 470 people in Appleshaw’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Appleshaw?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Appleshaw?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Appleshaw?
35% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.2% didn’t answer.
Is Appleshaw good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Appleshaw’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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