Photo: Peter Facey · CC BY-SA 2.0Durley ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 2.2%
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly two thirds of adults are married or in a civil partnership. On households in flats, Durley sits lower than 98% of UK towns: 1.5%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 318, in 136 households.
Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Durley is over 51.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 27%, against 18% across England’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 2.2%
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%.
In Durley, 43% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Fewer one-person households than 91% of UK towns: 24%
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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.9% in Durley. Households here average 2.3 people each. On households with dependent children, Durley sits lower than 82% of UK towns: 24%. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 75%
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
3.7% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Durley: 7.6% of residents were born outside the UK, above 61% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in Africa (2.2%). Across England’s towns, residents born outside the UK come to 18%. Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Durley has 98%.
Durley sits above 90% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%)
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 Durley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in 67% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns is 46%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (6.6%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Pakistani (0.6%).
Adults who have never married: 20%, a lower share than 99% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 5 residents. As a yardstick, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Durley has fewer unpaid carers than 98% of UK towns, at 6.6%.
Degree-level qualifications: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Durley’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Durley is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durley | 318 | — | 51.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 1 mi | 41 | 13% | 34% |
| Botley | 5,900 | 1.5 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 35% |
| Hedge End | 23,195 | 2.3 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 34% |
| Bishop's Waltham | 6,957 | 2.8 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| West End | 10,865 | 3.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 23% |
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 3.3 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 3.5 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
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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 Durley’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 Durley’s residents
What is the population of Durley?
The 2021 Census counted 318 people in Durley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Durley?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Durley?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Durley?
38% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 3.1% didn’t answer.
Is Durley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Durley’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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