Photo: Michael FORD · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.2: Broughton is older than 90% of UK towns
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 59% in Broughton and 44% across England’s towns. Here, 8% of households have no car or van. Fewer households with dependent children than in 87% of UK towns: 23%. The village is home to 689 residents in 311 households, by the 2021 Census.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over (England’s towns: 18%). Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns: 3.3%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Broughton. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 79% of UK towns: 2.2 people 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Broughton comes in at 2.9%. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone here.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 79% of UK towns: 42%
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in Broughton comes in at 16%. 8.7% of households live in a flat, less than in 62% of UK towns; 42% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 80% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.9%) or in EU countries (2.5%). Broughton has more residents born outside the UK than two thirds of UK towns, at 8.6%. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 54%, a higher share than 75% 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: 95% of Broughton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Broughton has 39%. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 71% of UK towns: 95%. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (2.9%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and African (0.1%).
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 22%
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
Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 42% of adults in Broughton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Broughton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughton | 689 | — | 51.2 | 25% | 23% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 3.7 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 3.8 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 7.1 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Romsey | 19,923 | 7.8 mi | 47 | 27% | 25% |
| Whaddon | 2,283 | 8.2 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 25% |
| West Wellow | 1,584 | 8.8 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 22% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 8.8 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Broughton’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 Broughton’s residents
What is the population of Broughton?
The 2021 Census counted 689 people in Broughton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Broughton?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Broughton?
95% 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 Broughton?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Broughton good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Broughton’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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