Church of St Mary · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 4.7% of households in Bentley have no car or van
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Bentley, 59%. For Bentley, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.4%. 21% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 97% of UK towns. Its 508 households held 1,406 residents at the 2021 Census.
In Bentley, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Bentley is 47, higher than in 69% of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: 8.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
Bentley ranks below 81% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.1%
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, 46% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). More residents who moved in within the year than in 90% of UK towns: 12%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More households with dependent children than 91% of UK towns: 34%
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 are about as common here as across England’s towns: 3.9%. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
In Bentley, 5.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 81% 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
The share of households in detached houses tops nearly three quarters of UK towns: 39%. Lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 17% of households live in a terraced house. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Bentley: 10% of residents born outside the UK
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (4.6%) and in Africa (2.5%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 65% of UK towns: 97%. 22% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns.
In Bentley, 32% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 89% 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: 90% of Bentley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 90%, against 73% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (6.8%), Indian (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.8%).
Adults who have never married make up 27% in Bentley, less than in 85% 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
Just over half of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 6.9% of residents give unpaid care.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 45%
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 Bentley, 45%, and 13% have none, against 18%.
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Bentley are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 1,406 | — | 47 | 25% | 34% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Crondall | 1,220 | 3.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 31% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 3.6 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 3.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 4.7 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 5.2 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 Bentley’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 Bentley’s residents
What is the population of Bentley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,406 people in Bentley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bentley?
The median age was 47 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bentley?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bentley?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Bentley good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bentley’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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