Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Lower Farringdon is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.6
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment in Lower Farringdon. The village counted 288 residents and 126 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 0.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of UK towns: 8.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above nearly four fifths of UK towns. As a yardstick, 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Lower Farringdon ranks below 86% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.9%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8% in Lower Farringdon. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 85% of UK towns: 23% in Lower Farringdon
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
Below 99% of UK towns: 0.8% of households have no car or van
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
Households in detached houses: 55%, above 93% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Across Lower Farringdon, 18% of households live in a terraced house.
Residents whose main language is English: 99%, a higher share than 85% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (5.2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). Higher than in 77% of UK towns: 11% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents whose main language is English: 90% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 93% of UK towns: 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 Farringdon · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Locally, 92% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 21%
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
2 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. More married adults and civil partners than in 98% of UK towns: 60%. Across the comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.2%.
A degree-level qualification for 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Lower Farringdon’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Lower Farringdon
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 Farringdon | 288 | — | 53.6 | 26% | 23% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 2.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 3 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 4.2 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 5.4 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 5.8 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 6.4 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 6.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Lower Farringdon’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 Farringdon’s residents
What is the population of Lower Farringdon?
The 2021 Census counted 288 people in Lower Farringdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Farringdon?
The median age was 53.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Farringdon?
92% 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 Lower Farringdon?
36% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Farringdon good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Farringdon’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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