Photo: Nigel Freeman · CC BY-SA 2.0Itchen Abbas ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 0.5%
27% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 34% of households have dependent children. Itchen Abbas had 519 residents in 210 households at the 2021 Census. For Itchen Abbas, the census puts adults who have never married at 20%.
8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 89% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Itchen Abbas is 48.9, higher than in 79% of UK towns. The usual figure: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 27%. The biggest five-year age group is 45–49, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of residents who moved in within the year than 95% of UK towns: 13%
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%.
Here 5.8% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
64% of households live in a detached house, more than in 98% 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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 12% in Itchen Abbas. The census found that 5.7% of households have no car or van in the village. Fewer households in flats than in 70% of UK towns: 7.3%. The comparison figure for households in detached houses is 21% across England’s towns.
Above 85% of UK towns: 14% of residents were born outside the UK
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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.2%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 99% of UK towns: 66%
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 Itchen Abbas · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Itchen Abbas has 91%. Next after White British come Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.2%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 69%, a higher 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
In Itchen Abbas, 10% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 7. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 57%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Itchen Abbas counts 57% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 8.2% have no qualification (18%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Itchen Abbas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itchen Abbas | 519 | — | 48.9 | 27% | 34% |
| Kings Worthy | 4,631 | 2.4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 29% |
| New Alresford | 5,340 | 3.6 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 3.9 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 4 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Littleton | 1,506 | 4.3 mi | 35 | 19% | 26% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 5.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| Compton | 1,307 | 6.6 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
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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 Itchen Abbas’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 Itchen Abbas’s residents
What is the population of Itchen Abbas?
The 2021 Census counted 519 people in Itchen Abbas’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Itchen Abbas?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Itchen Abbas?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Itchen Abbas?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Itchen Abbas good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Itchen Abbas’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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