Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0Lyndhurst is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.9
The share of households in terraced houses is 7.4%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across Lyndhurst, a fifth of households have dependent children. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 43% here, more than in 81% of UK towns. The village counted 2,462 residents and 1,114 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Lyndhurst’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Lyndhurst’s residents are under 53.9 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 32% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
32% of residents are 65 or over, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.9% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Full-time students: 4.6%, a lower share than 59% of UK towns
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 account for 45% of Lyndhurst’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 88% 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.
At 3.5%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. On the census count, 32% of households are one person living alone.
A village of flats: 22% of households live in one
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
Here 14% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Lyndhurst ranks above 72% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 9.6%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.6%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in two thirds of UK towns: 97%. Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 13%.
53% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 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: 90% of Lyndhurst · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (90%), Lyndhurst is below 62% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Locally, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 95% 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 carers make up 8.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On the census count, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 41% of adults in Lyndhurst, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Lyndhurst 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndhurst | 2,462 | — | 53.9 | 32% | 20% |
| Cadnam and Bartley | 2,023 | 2.9 mi | 55 | 34% | 21% |
| Ashurst | 2,370 | 3.1 mi | 54.4 | 32% | 24% |
| Brockenhurst | 3,484 | 3.8 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 23% |
| Totton | 28,093 | 4.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Marchwood | 5,776 | 5.6 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Sway | 2,437 | 6.1 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 22% |
| West Wellow | 1,584 | 6.7 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 22% |
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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 Lyndhurst’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 Lyndhurst’s residents
What is the population of Lyndhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 2,462 people in Lyndhurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lyndhurst?
The median age was 53.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lyndhurst?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lyndhurst?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Lyndhurst good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lyndhurst’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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