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43.3Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

More flats than 83% of UK towns: 20% of households in Liphook

Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Liphook, 11%. Households with dependent children: 31% of the total. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Liphook was home to 7,128 people in 3,022 households.

21%aged 65 or over 12%born abroad 3,022households

Ages

A median age of 43.3: Liphook is younger than 59% of UK towns

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

LiphookEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Liphook comes in at 21%. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.6% of residents. On residents aged 15 to 24, Liphook sits higher than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 11%.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Liphook, 43.3. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4423%

45 to 6427%

65 and over21%

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Liphook

England

WomenMen

About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

More full-time students than 75% of UK towns: 5.5%

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

Full-time students5.5%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate11%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical5.5%

Semi-routine9.7%

Routine8.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.7%

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Liphook

12%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

801

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.6× England’s share

At 11%, residents who moved in within the year sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Bigger households than 73% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 15%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 31%Couples and families, no young children 37%Shared houses and other 2.9%

Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns

Liphook

Hampshire’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person29%

2 people34%

3 people16%

4 people16%

5 or more5.7%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.9%, above 73% of UK towns. The census found that 29% of households are one person living alone in Liphook.

Homes & cars

Above 63% of UK towns: 34% of households live in a detached house

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Liphook

Hampshire’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van11%

One40%

Two35%

Three or more15%

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in terraced houses account for 20%. Typically, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Liphook, more than in 80% 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%

Liphook

12%

Hampshire’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

LiphookEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language96%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well3%

Another main language, little or no English0.5%

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 90% across England’s towns, 96% of residents have English as their main language in Liphook. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.5%).

Ethnicity & religion

Below 71% of UK towns: 88% of residents describe themselves as White British

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

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6.4%

Asian2.3%

Mixed2.4%

Black0.5%

Other0.4%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 88% of Liphook · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion42%

Christian51%

Muslim0.6%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.6%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer6.1%

0%30%60%

With residents who describe themselves as Christian at 51%, Liphook is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Just over two in five residents said they have no religion.

Relationships & caring

Above 66% of UK towns: 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership30%

Married or civil partnership50%

Separated2.3%

Divorced11%

Widowed6.9%

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

553residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.2%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.4%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.3%

Unpaid carers: 8.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Among adults, 39% hold a degree-level qualification

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications13%

Apprenticeship5%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level39%

LiphookHampshire’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Liphook counts 39% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).

Towns its size

181st youngest of 538 UK towns of 5,000 to 10,000 people

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Liphook 43.3

Red LodgeBarton on SeaMeltham

294867

At the ends of the range sit Red Lodge (30.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Liphook in age: Measham (43.3), Long Stratton (43.3), Ystalyfera (43.3) and Pontyclun (43.3).

Neighbours

6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Liphook

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Headley Down and HeadleyWhitehillHaslemereBordonLindfordFernhurstHindheadLiphook

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Liphook	7,128	—	43.3	21%	31%
Headley Down and Headley	4,935	2.9 mi	52.3	28%	23%
Whitehill	5,178	3.5 mi	43.6	19%	26%
Haslemere	11,897	3.6 mi	45	21%	30%
Bordon	9,349	3.6 mi	35.3	11%	35%
Lindford	2,740	3.6 mi	44.4	20%	27%
Fernhurst	1,830	3.9 mi	48.9	27%	27%
Hindhead	6,444	4 mi	49.7	27%	25%

More about Liphook’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health A⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute A⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living BOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools A⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Liphook’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 Liphook’s residents

What is the population of Liphook?

The 2021 Census counted 7,128 people in Liphook’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Liphook?

The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 59% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Liphook?

88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Liphook?

42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.

Is Liphook good for families?

31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Liphook’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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