Photo: user wx8 · Public domainA median age of 53.2: Cliddesden is older than 94% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Cliddesden, 21%. The village’s 219 households held 521 residents at the 2021 Census. Households in flats account for 0.9%. 64% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Above 74% of UK towns: 25% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 9.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 70% 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%.
By class, 47% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. Locally, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
1.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 95% 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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Cliddesden, 2.4. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children.
Below 97% of UK towns: 6% of households have no car or van
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 terraced houses (11%), Cliddesden is below 85% of UK towns. To put it in context, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Across Cliddesden, just over half of households live in a detached house.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 93% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. 6.7% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%.
61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 96% 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: 93% of Cliddesden · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (34%), Cliddesden is below 86% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.5%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.8%).
Cliddesden sits below 99% of UK towns for adults who have never married (21%)
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
Some 12 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.5%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of Cliddesden’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 43% have one at degree level (34%).
No nearby town is as old as Cliddesden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliddesden | 521 | — | 53.2 | 25% | 24% |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 1.8 mi | 37.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 3.2 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Oakley | 5,264 | 3.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 25% |
| Sherfield on Loddon | 1,385 | 6.3 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Bramley | 4,730 | 6.4 mi | 39.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Odiham | 5,091 | 6.7 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Hook | 9,062 | 6.9 mi | 40.9 | 16% | 34% |
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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 Cliddesden’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 Cliddesden’s residents
What is the population of Cliddesden?
The 2021 Census counted 521 people in Cliddesden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cliddesden?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cliddesden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cliddesden?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 3.3% didn’t answer.
Is Cliddesden good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cliddesden’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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