Photo: Mike Cattell · CC BY 2.0Older than 92% of UK towns: half of Baughurst is over 52
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Baughurst comes in at 22%. 735 residents in 307 households: that is Baughurst at the 2021 Census. Households in detached houses: three quarters of the total. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 5.5% here, fewer than in 98% of UK towns.
Only 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Baughurst
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Baughurst comes in at 28%. By way of comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Baughurst ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.3%
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%.
In Baughurst, 4.7% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Only 22% of households in Baughurst are one person living alone
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.
In Baughurst the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 23% here, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.3% locally.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 95% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Baughurst comes in at 3.6%. Typically, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 70% of UK towns: 9.1% in Baughurst
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 (4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. On residents whose main language is English, Baughurst sits higher than 75% of UK towns: 99%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns: 59%
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 Baughurst · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.9%), Indian (1.6%) and Mixed or multiple (1.4%). Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 35% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90% here and 73% across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 60%
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
With unpaid carers at 11%, Baughurst is ahead of 82% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
Qualified to degree level: 39% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 39% of its adults qualified to degree level, Baughurst compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Baughurst is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baughurst | 735 | — | 52 | 28% | 23% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 1 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 3.7 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 4.6 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Upper Bucklebury | 1,036 | 5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 32% |
| Bramley | 4,730 | 5.1 mi | 39.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Thatcham | 25,537 | 5.3 mi | 41.1 | 16% | 31% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 5.5 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
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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 Baughurst’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 Baughurst’s residents
What is the population of Baughurst?
The 2021 Census counted 735 people in Baughurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Baughurst?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Baughurst?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Baughurst?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.2% didn’t answer.
Is Baughurst good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Baughurst’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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