Photo: Nigel Freeman · CC BY-SA 2.02.8% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Flats are home to 1.4% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Cheriton’s population at 358, in 140 households. Across Cheriton, 19% of households are one person living alone. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns.
Half of Cheriton is over 48.7, older than 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in two thirds of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
In Cheriton, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 89% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for nearly half of Cheriton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 12%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 4.9% of the total.
2.5 people per household, more than in 88% 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.
Households with dependent children make up 31%, against 29% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 94% of UK towns, at 7.6%
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
By its share of households in detached houses (47%), Cheriton is above 86% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Above 63% of UK towns: 98% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (1.7%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. 5.6% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
63% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 97% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Cheriton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Cheriton has 32%. By contrast, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 77% of UK towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
9 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 21% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Unpaid carers: 9.6%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
52% of adults are qualified to degree level
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 Cheriton, 52%, and 8.5% have none, against 18%.
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cheriton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheriton | 358 | — | 48.7 | 24% | 31% |
| New Alresford | 5,340 | 2.2 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Kings Worthy | 4,631 | 6.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 29% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 6.5 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 6.6 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 6.8 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| Bishop's Waltham | 6,957 | 7.1 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Colden Common | 3,827 | 7.5 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 30% |
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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 Cheriton’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 Cheriton’s residents
What is the population of Cheriton?
The 2021 Census counted 358 people in Cheriton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cheriton?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cheriton?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 5.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cheriton?
32% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Cheriton good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cheriton’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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