Photo: Pterre · CC BY 3.0Only 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in North Baddesley
Here 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. At 11%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in 73% of UK towns. North Baddesley had 6,996 residents and 3,007 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.2 (older than 70% of UK towns). 27% of households are one person living alone.
Slower growth than 72% of UK towns: North Baddesley changed by +3% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. North Baddesley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 6,800 people in 2011; 7,000 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +17% for the 65 and over to −7% for the 16 to 29. The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2015 to mid-2016: 150 people.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of UK towns, at 26%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in North Baddesley is 47.2, higher than in 70% of UK towns. Against that, 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%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ North Baddesley, 47.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.9% of adults are full-time students, below 86% 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 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, North Baddesley has 7.6%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 58% of UK towns: 2.3 people each on average
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 shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; North Baddesley has 2.2%. The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%.
North Baddesley ranks above 69% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 36%
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
Terraced houses are home to 18% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. 11% of households live in a flat, more than in 53% of UK towns; 36% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 62% of UK towns: 7.6% of residents were born outside the UK
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.2%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 98% here, fewer than in 54% of UK towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 13% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns.
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 56% 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: 91% of North Baddesley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in North Baddesley comes in at 51%. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.7%). More residents with no religion than in 52% of UK towns: 41%. Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 88% of UK towns, at 26%
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
At 50 hours or more a week, 169 people give unpaid care. Measured more widely, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in North Baddesley, 17%, while 31% hold one at degree level (34%).
473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people: this is the 168th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to North Baddesley in age: Galleywood (47.2), Pembury (47.2), Hetton-le-Hole (47.3) and Thirsk (47.3).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than North Baddesley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | — | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
| Romsey | 19,923 | 2.1 mi | 47 | 27% | 25% |
| Rownhams and Nursling | 4,796 | 2.2 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Chilworth | 1,169 | 2.2 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 32% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 2.7 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 4.3 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Southampton | 249,633 | 4.5 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 27% |
| Totton | 28,093 | 4.7 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 North Baddesley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. North Baddesley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,996 people in 2021, against 6,996 in the built-up area.
- 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 North Baddesley’s residents
What is the population of North Baddesley?
The 2021 Census counted 6,996 people in North Baddesley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 7,000 people in mid-2024, 3% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in North Baddesley?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 70% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is North Baddesley?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in North Baddesley?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is North Baddesley good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on North Baddesley’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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