Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Minley is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 22.3
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Minley, 40%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 2.1% in the village. On residents with no religion, Minley sits higher than 94% of UK towns: 50%. There were 156 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,041 residents.
What the Census says about Minley’s people
Younger than most towns
Half of Minley’s residents are under 22.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 56% are 15 to 24 and 3.9% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
52% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 4.9 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More born abroad than most towns
23% of residents were born outside the UK, against 13% across Hampshire’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (16%) and in EU countries (3.5%). Where people were born ↓
A village of flats
48% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 99% of UK towns. 5.8% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Minley ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 3.9%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 15–19: 39% of residents, 6.7 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
16% women, 84% men
About 20 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
52% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 99% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Minley has 4.9%. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 21% in Minley, less than in 92% 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.
Households in Minley hold 2 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 4.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
More flats than 99% of UK towns: 48% of households in Minley
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, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Minley, 11%. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 5.8% of households have no car or van. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 95% of UK towns: 23%
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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The figure for residents whose main language is English is 84% in Minley and 90% across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
30% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 99% 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: 75% of Minley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (3%), Other White (2.3%) and African (1.3%). Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 75% of residents describe themselves as White British. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 10% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 3. 84% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
19% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 19% of adults in Minley, 34% across England’s towns; 6.5% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is older than Minley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minley | 1,041 | — | 22.3 | 3.9% | 21% |
| Yateley | 14,676 | 1.4 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 1.7 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 1.9 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | 2.3 mi | 37 | 6% | 49% |
| Sandhurst | 20,220 | 2.6 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 2.7 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Fleet | 37,800 | 3.2 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Minley’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 Minley’s residents
What is the population of Minley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,041 people in Minley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Minley?
The median age was 22.3 at the 2021 Census. 56% of residents were 15 to 24 and 3.9% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Minley?
75% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 23% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Minley?
50% said they had no religion and 30% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Minley good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Minley’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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