Photo: Barry Shimmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Buriton is over 52.9, older than 94% of UK towns
96% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Buriton has fewer adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns, at 24%. Census day 2021: 539 residents and 241 households locally. For Buriton, the census puts one-person households at 25%.
Above 87% of UK towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.4%.
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.
8.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 61% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Buriton, 44% and 19%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. In Buriton, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 81% 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2.5%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Buriton sits below 77% of UK towns for households without a car or van (11%)
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 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Buriton comes in at 30%. One household in 9 has no car or van. At 17%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 62% of UK towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 82% of UK towns: 99%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). The wider picture: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 5.8% in Buriton and 18% across England’s towns.
Above 84% of UK towns: 56% 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: 96% of Buriton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 39% in Buriton. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 84% of UK towns
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
For 13 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Buriton sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9.2%, about the same as across England’s towns.
43% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Buriton, 13%, while 43% hold one at degree level (34%).
Around Buriton, 2 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buriton | 539 | — | 52.9 | 28% | 24% |
| Petersfield | 14,994 | 2.1 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Clanfield | 1,254 | 3.7 mi | 53.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Hill Brow and Rake | 1,200 | 5 mi | 53 | 32% | 30% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 5.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Horndean | 34,046 | 5.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Rowlands Castle | 2,969 | 6.2 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 21% |
| Denmead | 6,509 | 7.3 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 24% |
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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 Buriton’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 Buriton’s residents
What is the population of Buriton?
The 2021 Census counted 539 people in Buriton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Buriton?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Buriton?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Buriton?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Buriton good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Buriton’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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