Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0A median age of 49.9: Denmead is older than 84% of UK towns
Just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 6,509 residents and 2,780 households in Denmead. Across Denmead, 46% of households live in a detached house. Lower than in 75% of UK towns: 27% of households are one person living alone.
Denmead sits above 77% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. For Denmead, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Denmead, 49.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Denmead ranks below 70% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.4%
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%.
10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
24% of households have dependent children, below 78% 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 Denmead, 2.3. This Hampshire town has more shared households of unrelated adults than 71% of UK towns, at 2.8%. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
11% of households have no car or van, below 77% 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
The share of households in flats is 10%, against 23% across England’s towns. On the census count, 14% of households live in a terraced house. Every 9th household or so has no car or van.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Denmead, 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). 4.9% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 66% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 11% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
Denmead ranks above 86% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 96%
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: 96% of Denmead · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian, where the figure across England’s towns is 46%. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. For Denmead, the census puts residents with no religion at 42%.
Above 90% of UK towns: 56% 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
Across Denmead, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 36% of adults in Denmead, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%.
86th highest median age among 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Red Lodge is the youngest (30.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Denmead in age: Brightlingsea (49.9), East Horsley (49.9), Hedon (50) and Brigg (50).
Denmead sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmead | 6,509 | — | 49.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Horndean | 34,046 | 2.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Waterlooville | 34,766 | 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Clanfield | 1,254 | 3.6 mi | 53.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Havant | 46,964 | 4.3 mi | 40 | 18% | 30% |
| Rowlands Castle | 2,969 | 4.6 mi | 52.4 | 28% | 21% |
| Wickham | 2,170 | 5.4 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Swanmore | 3,113 | 5.7 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 33% |
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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 Denmead’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 Denmead’s residents
What is the population of Denmead?
The 2021 Census counted 6,509 people in Denmead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Denmead?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census, older than 84% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Denmead?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Denmead?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Denmead good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Denmead’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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