Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 0.7% in Lower Common, less than in 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Lower Common has 2.7%. 379 residents in 150 households: that is Lower Common at the 2021 Census. For Lower Common, the census puts adults who have never married at 21%. The village has more households in detached houses than 98% of UK towns, at 64%.
A median age of 49.4: Lower Common is older than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 69% of UK towns: 9.2%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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 smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 77% of UK towns: 7.5%
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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
By class, 53% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Compared with other places, full-time students are common here: 7.2%, more than in 92% of UK towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More family households than 93% of UK towns: 35% in Lower Common
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.
One-person households make up 22%, against 30% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 4%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Lower Common, 5.3%.
In Lower Common, 100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%), then in Africa (2.1%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 8.1% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 65% of UK towns.
Lower Common sits above 92% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (59%)
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: 92% of Lower Common · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 34% in Lower Common and 37% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 52% of UK towns: 92%.
Lower Common sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (64%)
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
Some 9 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. At 9.1%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 56% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 47% of Lower Common’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.5% have no qualification (18%). 13% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Lower Common and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Common | 379 | — | 49.4 | 23% | 35% |
| Arborfield Garrison | 4,311 | 1.9 mi | 32.7 | 5.9% | 44% |
| Yateley | 14,676 | 3.2 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 3.5 mi | 52.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Shinfield | 5,417 | 4.2 mi | 35.3 | 9.9% | 45% |
| Wokingham | 50,320 | 4.3 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 33% |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 7,612 | 4.3 mi | 35.2 | 11% | 39% |
| Minley | 1,041 | 4.3 mi | 22.3 | 3.9% | 21% |
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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 Lower Common’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 Lower Common’s residents
What is the population of Lower Common?
The 2021 Census counted 379 people in Lower Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Common?
The median age was 49.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Common?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Common?
34% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Common good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Common’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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