Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of UK towns: 8.2%
The share of households in detached houses is 41%, against 21% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, at 26%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 87% of UK towns. There were 1,623 households in Colden Common at the 2021 Census, home to 3,827 residents. 45% of residents said they have no religion.
A median age of 44.1: Colden Common is younger than 53% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10–14 is the most common age band: 7.4% of residents. Colden Common has more residents aged 65 and over than 52% of UK towns, at 22%. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Colden Common, 44.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 93% of UK towns: 13% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 or semi-routine work; Colden Common has 46% and 18%. Compared with other places, full-time students are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 68% of UK towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 69% of UK towns: 2.4 people 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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 28% of households are one person living alone here. At 2%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is lower than in just over two thirds of UK towns.
Colden Common sits below 81% of UK towns for households without a car or van (10%)
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
With households in flats at 9.3%, Colden Common is behind 58% of UK towns on that count. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. 15% of households live in a terraced house.
More residents born abroad than 68% of UK towns: 8.6% in Colden Common
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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 16% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 98%, more than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2%).
In Colden Common, 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 57% 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: 91% of Colden Common · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.9%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. At 91%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is lower than in 57% of UK towns.
Colden Common ranks above 89% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 55%
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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 77 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 43% 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 Colden Common, 43%, and 13% have none, against 18%.
Among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, the 157th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Colden Common in age: Ripponden (44.1), Wheathampstead (44.1), Llanbradach (44.1) and Dudley (44.2).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Colden Common
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colden Common | 3,827 | — | 44.1 | 22% | 30% |
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | 1.4 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Compton | 1,307 | 1.7 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 1.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 2.2 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 3.1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 3.1 mi | 41 | 13% | 34% |
| Chilworth | 1,169 | 4.6 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 32% |
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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 Colden Common’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 Colden Common’s residents
What is the population of Colden Common?
The 2021 Census counted 3,827 people in Colden Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Colden Common?
The median age was 44.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 53% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Colden Common?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Colden Common?
45% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Colden Common good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Colden Common’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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