Photo: Michael Ford · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.1: Beech is older than 97% of UK towns
The share of one-person households is 8.5%, against 30% across England’s towns. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 87% of households live in a detached house. There were 177 households in Beech at the 2021 Census, home to 456 residents. Census figures put households with dependent children at 20% locally.
Above 86% of UK towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: 12% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Lower than in 67% of UK towns: 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 75% 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%.
By class, 56% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 10% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). In Beech, 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 6.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here.
Only 2.8% of households live in a terraced house in Beech
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
6.7% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. On the census count, 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment.
More residents born outside the UK than 77% of UK towns: 11%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.3%), then in Africa (2.9%). Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 68% 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: 89% of Beech · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 59% of UK towns: 51%. Set against 37% across England’s towns, 39% of residents said they have no religion in Beech.
Married adults and civil partners: 70%, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
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
For 8 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers: 9%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 53% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Beech counts 53% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 6% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Beech are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech | 456 | — | 55.1 | 28% | 20% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 1.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 2.7 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 3.3 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 6.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 34% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 6.8 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 7 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 7.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Beech’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 Beech’s residents
What is the population of Beech?
The 2021 Census counted 456 people in Beech’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Beech?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Beech?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Beech?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Beech good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Beech’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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