Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0Hambledon sits below 99% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (0.6%)
23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Hambledon was home to 786 people in 340 households. Here, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian. With a median age of 51.5, Hambledon is older than 91% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 30%, a higher share than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 86% of UK towns, at 6.9%
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, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Hambledon has 4.6%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of UK towns, at 26%
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.
Households with dependent children: 25% here and 29% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 7.7%, a lower share than 93% 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
Households in flats make up 5.9%, against 23% across England’s towns. A third of households live in a detached house. Every 13th household or so has no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.8%) or in Africa (1.8%). Hambledon has fewer residents born outside the UK than 52% of UK towns, at 6.1%. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 80% of UK towns: 95%
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: 95% of Hambledon · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nothing unusual on residents with no religion: 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 16. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 8.6% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Hambledon, 48% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 8.9% have no qualification at all (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Hambledon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambledon | 786 | — | 51.5 | 30% | 25% |
| Denmead | 6,509 | 2.1 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 24% |
| Clanfield | 1,254 | 3.4 mi | 53.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Horndean | 34,046 | 3.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 27% |
| Swanmore | 3,113 | 4.1 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 33% |
| Waterlooville | 34,766 | 4.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Wickham | 2,170 | 4.9 mi | 48.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Hambledon’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 Hambledon’s residents
What is the population of Hambledon?
The 2021 Census counted 786 people in Hambledon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hambledon?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hambledon?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hambledon?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hambledon good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hambledon’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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