Photo: Andrew Mathewson · CC BY-SA 2.0A larger share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 77%
The figure for one-person households is 18% in Newnham and 30% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 180 residents here, living in 65 households. 7.7% of households have no car or van. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
Below 85% of UK towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45.6, Newnham is older than 58% of UK towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Newnham, 11% of adults are full-time students, more than in 97% 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%.
7.3% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.8 people per household, more 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children is 29%; Newnham has 31%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.1% here.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 94% of UK towns: 7.7%
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
4.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%.
More residents born abroad than 86% of UK towns: 15% in Newnham
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 the Middle East and Asia (7.2%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.3%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here.
Newnham sits below 90% of UK towns for residents with no religion (32%)
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: 87% of Newnham · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 87% in Newnham and 73% across England’s towns. Locally, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A smaller share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns: 4.1%
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
32% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Typically, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Locally, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
44% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 44% of its adults qualified to degree level, Newnham compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 6.5% hold no qualification (18%). A levels top the qualifications of 26%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Of the 7 towns nearest Newnham, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newnham | 180 | — | 45.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Hook | 9,062 | 1.3 mi | 40.9 | 16% | 34% |
| Odiham | 5,091 | 2.4 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 2.4 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Sherfield on Loddon | 1,385 | 3.4 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 3.8 mi | 52.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Bramley | 4,730 | 4.6 mi | 39.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 5.1 mi | 37.8 | 14% | 31% |
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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 Newnham’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 Newnham’s residents
What is the population of Newnham?
The 2021 Census counted 180 people in Newnham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newnham?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census. 18% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newnham?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newnham?
32% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Newnham good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newnham’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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