Photo: Shazz · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 87% of UK towns: half of Bursledon is under 38.5
By its share of households without a car or van (8.8%), Bursledon is below 88% of UK towns. This Hampshire town counted 8,072 residents and 3,350 households at the 2021 Census. For Bursledon, the census puts one-person households at 26%. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 31% here, more than in 80% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Bursledon’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Bursledon’s residents are under 38.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.8% are 15 to 24 and 15% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% 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).
Bursledon ranks below 91% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 15%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 30–34: 8.6% of residents. Typically, 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+
■ Bursledon, 38.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Bursledon sits below 75% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)
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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 76% 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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 3.6%, from the figure across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 55% of UK towns: 31%
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
The census found that just over one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in Bursledon. Households in terraced houses make up 20%, against 24% across England’s towns.
Above 71% of UK towns: 9.3% of residents were born outside the UK
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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Bursledon has 97%. The comparison figure for residents born outside the UK is 18% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.2%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2%).
A larger share of residents with no religion than 90% of UK towns: 49%
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: 89% of Bursledon · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 89%, Bursledon is behind 69% of UK towns on that count. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 44% of the total. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 36%, a higher share than 69% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.5%, from the figure across England’s towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. 172 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree-level qualifications: 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Bursledon, 33%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
30th lowest median age among 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Bursledon in age: Burton Latimer (38.4), Radstock (38.5), Littleport (38.6) and Broad Blunsdon (38.6).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Bursledon are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bursledon | 8,072 | — | 38.5 | 15% | 31% |
| Netley | 6,309 | 1.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 25% |
| Hamble-le-Rice | 4,613 | 2 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 24% |
| Hedge End | 23,195 | 2.1 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 34% |
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 2.6 mi | 38.6 | 11% | 39% |
| Locks Heath | 35,744 | 2.7 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 28% |
| West End | 10,865 | 3 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 23% |
| Botley | 5,900 | 3.1 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 35% |
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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 Bursledon’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 Bursledon’s residents
What is the population of Bursledon?
The 2021 Census counted 8,072 people in Bursledon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bursledon?
The median age was 38.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 87% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bursledon?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bursledon?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bursledon good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bursledon’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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