Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 94% of UK towns: half of Droxford is over 53.2
6.3% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Droxford is home to 685 residents in 299 households, by the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners account for 60%. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% in Droxford, less than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: one in ten residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Droxford, 30% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
3.2% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Droxford has 46% and 17%. On residents who moved in within the year, Droxford sits higher than 73% of UK towns: 10%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
22% of households are one person living alone, 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Average household size: 2.3 people.
In Droxford, 4% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 88% 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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 48% of households live in a detached house in Droxford. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 18%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 91% of UK towns: 99%
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
4.2% of residents were born outside the UK, against 13% across Hampshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.3%) and in Africa (1%).
Droxford ranks above 83% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%
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: 94% of Droxford · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Next after White British come Other White (4.1%), Chinese (0.9%) and Mixed or multiple (0.6%).
Droxford sits above 95% of UK towns for unpaid carers (12%)
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
15 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. For comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 95% of UK towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Droxford counts 48% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 11% have no qualification (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Droxford are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droxford | 685 | — | 53.2 | 30% | 18% |
| Swanmore | 3,113 | 2.2 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 33% |
| Bishop's Waltham | 6,957 | 3.2 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 3.3 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Wickham | 2,170 | 4.7 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Denmead | 6,509 | 5.3 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Clanfield | 1,254 | 5.7 mi | 53.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Knowle | 1,487 | 6.2 mi | 35.2 | 6.7% | 28% |
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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 Droxford’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 Droxford’s residents
What is the population of Droxford?
The 2021 Census counted 685 people in Droxford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Droxford?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Droxford?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Droxford?
40% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Droxford good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Droxford’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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