Newtown is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.6
Households without a car or van: 2.3% here and 24% across England’s towns. Newtown is home to 306 residents in 131 households, by the 2021 Census. The share of households in detached houses stands at 88%. 21% of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 91% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns, at 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 10% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.8%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
13% of residents moved in within a year, more than in 93% 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%.
In Newtown, nearly half of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.3% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. For Newtown, the census puts full-time students at 4.8%.
Fewer people live alone than in 94% of UK towns: 23% of households
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 Newtown hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Locally, 6.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
3.8% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 89% 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
Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 56% 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 the Middle East and Asia (2.3%) and in EU countries (2%). Set beside that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The figure for residents born outside the UK is 6.6% in Newtown and 18% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 60%
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: 91% of Newtown · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (3.6%) and Indian (0.3%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 33% here, fewer than in 87% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Set against 73% across England’s towns, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British in Newtown.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 64%
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: 11% here and 8.7% across England’s towns. Still, 19% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns. For 6 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
47% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Newtown counts 47% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Newtown
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 306 | — | 55.6 | 32% | 21% |
| West Wellow | 1,584 | 2.8 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 22% |
| Romsey | 19,923 | 3.9 mi | 47 | 27% | 25% |
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 5.8 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 6 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Rownhams and Nursling | 4,796 | 6.4 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Cadnam and Bartley | 2,023 | 6.4 mi | 55 | 34% | 21% |
| Totton | 28,093 | 6.7 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 28% |
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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 Newtown’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 Newtown’s residents
What is the population of Newtown?
The 2021 Census counted 306 people in Newtown’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newtown?
The median age was 55.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newtown?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Newtown?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.3% didn’t answer.
Is Newtown good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newtown’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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