Photo: Nicholsr · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.6%
2% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Census day 2021: 482 residents and 200 households in Hursley. The census found that 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. One-person households are rarer here than in 93% of UK towns.
In Hursley, 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.1% of residents. Half of Hursley’s residents are over 46.1, older than in 62% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. People aged 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of residents, against 18% across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 78% of UK towns: 4.2% of adults are full-time students
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 55% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 78% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2%, Hursley is behind 70% of UK towns on that count. Households with dependent children: 31% of the total.
Households in terraced houses make up 27% in Hursley, more than in 76% 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
The share of households in detached houses tops 73% of UK towns: 38%. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
In Hursley, 11% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 77% 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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Where nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Hursley has 98%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 88%, a lower share than 72% 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: 88% of Hursley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (7.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and Indian (1.3%). Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. 48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. Residents with no religion: 42% here and 37% across England’s towns.
In Hursley, 59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 98% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 5 people. On unpaid carers, Hursley sits lower than 80% of UK towns: 8.2%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 55%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Hursley, 55%, and 11% have none, against 18%.
Around Hursley, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hursley | 482 | — | 46.1 | 23% | 31% |
| Compton | 1,307 | 2.4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | 2.4 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 2.6 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 3.4 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| Colden Common | 3,827 | 3.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 30% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 4 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 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 Hursley’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 Hursley’s residents
What is the population of Hursley?
The 2021 Census counted 482 people in Hursley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hursley?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hursley?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hursley?
42% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Hursley good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hursley’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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