Photo: Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%
Here just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Locally, nearly two thirds of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Few places have so few households in terraced houses: 5.7% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. There were 505 households in Compton at the 2021 Census, home to 1,307 residents.
A median age of 48.6: Compton is older than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Compton and 18% across England’s towns. Locally, 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of full-time students than 81% of UK towns, at 5.8%
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.6%, against 11% across England’s towns. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 94% of UK towns: 2.6 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.
31% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.4%.
64% of households live in a detached house, more than in 98% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 15% in Compton. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 9.8% in Compton, more than in 73% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 17% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents whose main language is English: 98% of the total.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 85% of UK towns, at 34%
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: 88% of Compton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 1.2%. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55% here, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns. 88% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married: 23%, a lower share than 97% 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.1%. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 13 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.
Degree-level qualifications reach 60% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Compton’s adults: 60% with a degree-level qualification and 6.5% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
No nearby town is as old as Compton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton | 1,307 | — | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | 0.5 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 1.2 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| Colden Common | 3,827 | 1.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 30% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 2.9 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 3.1 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 3.4 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 4.8 mi | 41 | 13% | 34% |
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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 Compton’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 Compton’s residents
What is the population of Compton?
The 2021 Census counted 1,307 people in Compton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Compton?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Compton?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Compton?
34% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Compton good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Compton’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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