Photo: Michael Ford · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 51.9: Oakhanger is older than 92% of UK towns
The share of one-person households is 19%, against 30% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses account for 3.7%. 1.9% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 265 residents in Oakhanger, living in 109 households.
Below 83% of UK towns: 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 24%, more than in 66% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.5% of adults are full-time students, below 95% 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 36% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 22% of households in Oakhanger have dependent children
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.
4.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.4 people. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Oakhanger sits below 94% of UK towns for households in flats (2.8%)
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
In Oakhanger, 49% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 23% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A smaller share of residents whose main language is English than 74% of UK towns: 96%
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
7.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
In Oakhanger, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 69% 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: 92% of Oakhanger · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 36%, below 78% of UK towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.3%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Bangladeshi (0.4%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%.
Married adults and civil partners: 59%, a higher share than 98% 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
6.5% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. Here, 23% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
Among adults, 37% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Oakhanger compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Oakhanger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhanger | 265 | — | 51.9 | 24% | 22% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 1.7 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 1.8 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 2.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 3.7 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 3.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 4 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 5.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 34% |
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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 Oakhanger’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 Oakhanger’s residents
What is the population of Oakhanger?
The 2021 Census counted 265 people in Oakhanger’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Oakhanger?
The median age was 51.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Oakhanger?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Oakhanger?
36% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 7.9% didn’t answer.
Is Oakhanger good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Oakhanger’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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