Photo: Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Bentworth is over 54.7, older than 96% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children; in Bentworth, 21%. There were 214 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 515 residents. The share of households in detached houses stands at 56%. Just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27% in Bentworth, more than in 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Bentworth, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
A smaller share of full-time students than 93% of UK towns: 3.6%
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%.
Here 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
19% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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.
The typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.3% of the total. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.7%
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 figure for households in terraced houses is 7% in Bentworth and 24% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 4.2% of the total.
Bentworth: 8.6% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Bentworth. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 62%, a higher share than 97% 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: 94% of Bentworth · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 30% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% of the total.
Only 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Bentworth
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
Some 10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9.2%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 45%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Bentworth, 45% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 8.6% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every neighbour of Bentworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentworth | 515 | — | 54.7 | 27% | 21% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 3.2 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 3.3 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 4.5 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| New Alresford | 5,340 | 7 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 7.7 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 7.8 mi | 37.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 7.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 34% |
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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 Bentworth’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 Bentworth’s residents
What is the population of Bentworth?
The 2021 Census counted 515 people in Bentworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bentworth?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bentworth?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bentworth?
30% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bentworth good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bentworth’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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