Photo: Alan Stewart · CC BY-SA 2.0In Chilworth, 4% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Nearly four in five households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Chilworth had 1,169 residents in 403 households at the 2021 Census. Residents with no religion: 22% of the total. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 83% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chilworth’s people
More born abroad than most towns
27% of residents were born outside the UK, against 13% across Hampshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (17%) and in EU countries (3.9%). Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
46% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 97% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are Indian (19%), Pakistani (6.3%) and Other White (5%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, a lower share than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 48.2, Chilworth is older than three quarters of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, 25% of residents are 65 or over. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
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.
A student village: 5.9% of adults study full-time
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%.
By class, 48% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 10% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 5%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households average 2.8 people.
Households in terraced houses: 3%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
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
Households in flats: a tenth of the total. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents born outside the UK: 27%, a higher share than 97% 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 35%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (17%) and in EU countries (3.9%). Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On residents whose main language is English, Chilworth sits lower than 95% of UK towns: 88%. 11% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Only 54% of residents describe themselves as White British in Chilworth
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: 54% of Chilworth · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Indian (19%), Pakistani (6.3%) and Other White (5%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 93% of UK towns: 40%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 67%
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
On unpaid carers, 8.8% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Adults who have never married account for 20%.
A degree-level qualification for 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Chilworth’s adults: 49% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
The towns around Chilworth are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilworth | 1,169 | — | 48.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 2.1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 2.2 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Rownhams and Nursling | 4,796 | 2.6 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 2.6 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Southampton | 249,633 | 2.8 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 27% |
| West End | 10,865 | 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 23% |
| Romsey | 19,923 | 4.3 mi | 47 | 27% | 25% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Chilworth’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 Chilworth’s residents
What is the population of Chilworth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,169 people in Chilworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chilworth?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chilworth?
54% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 27% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chilworth?
22% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 13% were Muslim and 3.1% didn’t answer.
Is Chilworth good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chilworth’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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