Photo: Mr Ignavy · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 49%
5.7% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as White British are scarce here: 80%, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. Elvetham Heath is home to 4,916 residents in 1,761 households, by the 2021 Census. Here, 17% of households are one person living alone.
What the Census says about Elvetham Heath’s people
A town of families
49% of Elvetham Heath’s 1,761 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns and the highest share in Hampshire. 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Elvetham Heath’s residents are under 37 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 6% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Elvetham Heath at 5,200 in 2011 and 5,200 in 2024, down 0%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 86% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Elvetham Heath changed by ±0% from 2011 to 2024, slower than 86% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Elvetham Heath’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,200 people in 2011; 5,200 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+95%) and the 30 to 44 least (−41%).
Below 99% of UK towns: 6% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Elvetham Heath is 37, lower than in 92% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The largest age band is 45–49: 11% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Elvetham Heath, 37. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student town: 7.2% of adults study full-time
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%.
9.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The wider picture: 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.
Larger households than 99% of UK towns: 2.8 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Elvetham Heath has 2.8%.
Elvetham Heath sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (3.1%)
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
35% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). Elvetham Heath has more households in flats than 74% of UK towns, at 16%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. In Elvetham Heath, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house.
In Elvetham Heath, 94% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 84% 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
Since 2017: nearly a fifth of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. Across Elvetham Heath, 17% of residents were born outside the UK. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 45% in Elvetham Heath, more than in 74% 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: 80% of Elvetham Heath · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
2.1% of residents are Muslim. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 83% of UK towns. For residents with no religion, the comparison across England’s towns is 37%.
54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 83% of UK towns don’t reach
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
64 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Elvetham Heath has 32%.
A degree-level qualification for 49% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Elvetham Heath, 49% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 6.9% have no qualification at all (18%). 18% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Ranked by age, 51st youngest of 810 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Elvetham Heath in age: Botley (36.9), Thurcroft (37), Moorends (37.1) and Finningley (37.2).
6 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Elvetham Heath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | — | 37 | 6% | 49% |
| Fleet | 37,800 | 1.5 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Minley | 1,041 | 2.3 mi | 22.3 | 3.9% | 21% |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 2.4 mi | 52.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Yateley | 14,676 | 3.2 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 3.8 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 3.9 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 23% |
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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 Elvetham Heath’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Elvetham Heath’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,259 people in 2021, against 4,916 in the built-up area.
- 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 Elvetham Heath’s residents
What is the population of Elvetham Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 4,916 people in Elvetham Heath’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,200 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Elvetham Heath?
The median age was 37 at the 2021 Census, younger than 92% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 6% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Elvetham Heath?
80% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 17% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Elvetham Heath?
45% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Elvetham Heath good for families?
49% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Elvetham Heath’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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