Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Bransgore is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.4
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Bransgore has 24%. Locally, 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Lower than in 97% of UK towns: 6.3% of households have no car or van. Census day 2021: 3,688 residents and 1,543 households here.
What the Census says about Bransgore’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Bransgore’s residents are under 52.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Bransgore sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Bransgore, 31%. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bransgore, 52.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 79% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier here. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Bigger households than 71% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Bransgore has 2.5%. Here, 26% of households have dependent children.
More households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 63%
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
Flats are home to 3.4% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. On the census count, 14% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 89% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in Africa (1.3%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Bransgore has 5.7%.
55% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 81% 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 Bransgore · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Chinese (0.5%). Higher than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across the comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
93 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.6%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of adults in Bransgore (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
Among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, the 63rd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Bransgore in age: Headley Down and Headley (52.3), Romanby (52.4), Fishguard (52.4) and Tenby (52.4).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Bransgore
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bransgore | 3,688 | — | 52.4 | 31% | 26% |
| Christchurch | 48,973 | 2.8 mi | 51.7 | 32% | 23% |
| New Milton | 11,872 | 3.9 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 20% |
| Barton on Sea | 6,763 | 4.3 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 11% |
| Hightown | 1,296 | 4.3 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 30% |
| Ashley | 7,730 | 4.7 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 23% |
| Ringwood | 12,789 | 5 mi | 47 | 26% | 26% |
| Ashley Heath | 7,151 | 5.6 mi | 60.6 | 42% | 16% |
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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 Bransgore’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 Bransgore’s residents
What is the population of Bransgore?
The 2021 Census counted 3,688 people in Bransgore’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bransgore?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 93% of UK towns. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bransgore?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bransgore?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bransgore good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bransgore’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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