Photo: MarkS at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.037% of households have dependent children, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
One-person households make up 19%, against 30% across England’s towns. The median age in Bramley is 39.2, lower than in 84% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Bramley was home to 4,730 people in 1,835 households. Married adults and civil partners: 53% of the total.
What the Census says about Bramley’s people
A town of families
37% of Bramley’s 1,835 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 96% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Bramley at 4,200 in 2011 and 5,400 in 2024, up 29%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 93% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Bramley grew +29% from 2011 to 2024, ahead of 93% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bramley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,200 people in 2011; 5,400 in 2024.
The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2020: 250 more people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+87%) and the 30 to 44 least (+10%).
Bramley ranks below 92% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 8.3% of residents. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bramley, 39.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Bramley, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 87% 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, nearly half of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The share of full-time students stands at 4.7%.
Bramley households average 2.5 people, larger than in 92% 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 census found that 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Bramley.
Fewer households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.6%
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
In Bramley, 47% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households without a car or van across England’s towns: 24%. Across Bramley, 8.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 17%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 61% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 72% of UK towns, at 9.6%
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 97% of residents have English as their main language here. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) or in Africa (2.3%).
48% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 87% 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: 88% of Bramley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
88% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. On the census count, 45% of residents describe themselves as Christian. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Only 7.6% of residents give unpaid care in Bramley
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
71 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. In Bramley, nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, beside 39% across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 42% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bramley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%).
Ranked by age, 79th youngest of 695 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Bramley in age: Kingston Bagpuize (39.2), Shrivenham and Watchfield (39.2), Huthwaite (39.3) and Llangefni (39.5).
Nearby, 6 of 7 towns have older populations than Bramley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramley | 4,730 | — | 39.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Sherfield on Loddon | 1,385 | 1.3 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Mortimer | 2,932 | 3.4 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Tadley | 14,767 | 4.1 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 4.2 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 4.7 mi | 37.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Burghfield Common | 6,216 | 5 mi | 42.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Hook | 9,062 | 5.1 mi | 40.9 | 16% | 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 Bramley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Bramley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,196 people in 2021, against 4,730 in the built-up area.
- 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 Bramley’s residents
What is the population of Bramley?
The 2021 Census counted 4,730 people in Bramley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,400 people in mid-2024, 29% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bramley?
The median age was 39.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 84% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bramley?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bramley?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Bramley good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bramley’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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