Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 97% of UK towns: half of Martin is over 55.1
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Martin has 23%. Fewer households without a car or van than in 98% of UK towns: 5.8%. The village is home to 413 residents in 174 households, by the 2021 Census. In Martin, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 9.4% in Martin. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
Martin ranks below 79% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.3%
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.4% of adults are full-time students in Martin. Across England’s towns, residents who moved in within the year come to 11%.
Martin sits above 97% of UK towns for shared households of unrelated adults (6.3%)
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 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
In Martin, 63% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% 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
With households in flats at 2.3%, Martin is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. At 5.9%, the share of households in terraced houses is lower than in 97% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.2%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. Here 6.8% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 99% of UK towns: 98%
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: 98% of Martin · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 46% across England’s towns, 67% of residents describe themselves as Christian in Martin. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 96% of UK towns. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners: 60%, a higher share than 98% 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
Adults who have never married: 28%, below nearly four fifths of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 12.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Martin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | 413 | — | 55.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Sandleheath | 1,546 | 5.2 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 26% |
| Alderholt | 2,868 | 5.4 mi | 50.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Fordingbridge | 4,947 | 5.9 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 23% |
| Downton | 2,952 | 6.9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Verwood | 13,706 | 7.1 mi | 49 | 28% | 26% |
| Wilton | 4,300 | 7.4 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 23% |
| Redlynch and Woodfalls | 2,446 | 8 mi | 53.4 | 31% | 24% |
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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 Martin’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 Martin’s residents
What is the population of Martin?
The 2021 Census counted 413 people in Martin’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Martin?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Martin?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Martin?
28% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Martin good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Martin’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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