Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 3.0Holybourne ranks below 97% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 6.1%
Across England’s towns, the share of one-person households is 30%; Holybourne has 23%. Locally, 50% of households live in a detached house. Nearly a quarter of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 77% of UK towns. The village’s 485 households held 1,304 residents at the 2021 Census.
15% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23%, against 18% across England’s towns. What’s more, with a median age of 46.9, Holybourne is older than 68% of UK towns. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
In Holybourne, 11% of adults are full-time students, more than in 97% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 14% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 9.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 68% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
14% of households live in a terraced house, below 75% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 7.1% in Holybourne. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Holybourne, 9.4% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 72% 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
Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 29%. Here, 97% of residents have English as their main language. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Holybourne ranks above 72% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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 Holybourne · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Arab (0.5%). Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 38% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Add to that, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
Holybourne ranks above 74% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 52%
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
For 27 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 7.7% here, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Nearly a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 41% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 13% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 16% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Around Holybourne, 1 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holybourne | 1,304 | — | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 1.4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 3.6 mi | 47 | 25% | 34% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 5.2 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 5.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 5.4 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 5.8 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 6.1 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
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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 Holybourne’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 Holybourne’s residents
What is the population of Holybourne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,304 people in Holybourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Holybourne?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 15% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Holybourne?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Holybourne?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7.7% didn’t answer.
Is Holybourne good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Holybourne’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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