Photo: Mike Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Mount Pleasant is over 54.7, older than 96% of UK towns
The share of households in detached houses is 81%, against 21% across England’s towns. Mount Pleasant had 204 residents in 82 households at the 2021 Census. Across Mount Pleasant, 2.4% of households live in a terraced house. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 20% of households have dependent children.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns, at 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.3% of adults are full-time students, more than in 92% 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 take in 37% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Mount Pleasant, 17% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 8.5%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.6% 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
96% of residents have English as their main language, below 75% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. 8.3% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 66% of UK towns.
No religion: 26% of residents, a lower share than 97% 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: 93% of Mount Pleasant · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Mount Pleasant, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. 64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 98% of UK towns. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%.
In Mount Pleasant, 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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 care takes 50 hours a week or more for 3 people. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. At 9.4%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Mount Pleasant counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.9% have no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 17% is A levels, often students still at university.
Mount Pleasant is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant | 204 | — | 54.7 | 37% | 20% |
| Lymington | 14,870 | 1.5 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 20% |
| Everton | 1,615 | 1.7 mi | 62.9 | 47% | 17% |
| Sway | 2,437 | 1.8 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 22% |
| Hordle | 1,158 | 1.9 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 25% |
| Ashley | 7,730 | 2.7 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 23% |
| Milford on Sea | 4,364 | 2.9 mi | 64.6 | 49% | 12% |
| Brockenhurst | 3,484 | 3.4 mi | 55.1 | 34% | 23% |
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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 Mount Pleasant’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 Mount Pleasant’s residents
What is the population of Mount Pleasant?
The 2021 Census counted 204 people in Mount Pleasant’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Mount Pleasant?
The median age was 54.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Mount Pleasant?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Mount Pleasant?
26% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Mount Pleasant good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Mount Pleasant’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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