Photo: Pterre · CC BY 3.0Braishfield is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56.1
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). One-person households are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. Braishfield’s 287 households held 653 residents at the 2021 Census. The census found that 1.7% of households live in a flat or apartment in the village.
In Braishfield, 32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Braishfield comes in at 7.8%. As a yardstick, 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.
3.6% of adults are full-time students, below 93% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 51% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Residents who moved in within the year account for 6%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 18% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.8%. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Households in detached houses make up 65% in Braishfield, more than in 98% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 9.7% in Braishfield. As a reference point, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households without a car or van: 6.2% of the total.
Braishfield: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 64% 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 largest groups were born in EU countries (4.1%) and in Africa (1.5%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.4% in Braishfield.
Above 89% of UK towns: 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Braishfield · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 34% in Braishfield and 37% across England’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 94%.
Braishfield sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (65%)
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 14 residents. More unpaid carers than in 75% of UK towns: 10%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 46% of adults in Braishfield, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Braishfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braishfield | 653 | — | 56.1 | 32% | 18% |
| Romsey | 19,923 | 2.1 mi | 47 | 27% | 25% |
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 3.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 3.6 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 4.4 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| Chilworth | 1,169 | 5.4 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Rownhams and Nursling | 4,796 | 5.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | 5.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 32% |
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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 Braishfield’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 Braishfield’s residents
What is the population of Braishfield?
The 2021 Census counted 653 people in Braishfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Braishfield?
The median age was 56.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Braishfield?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Braishfield?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 7.3% didn’t answer.
Is Braishfield good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Braishfield’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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