Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Odiham is under 38.8, younger than 86% of UK towns
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Odiham comes in at 8.2%. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 51%. 31% of households have dependent children, a higher share than in 79% of UK towns. This Hampshire town counted 5,091 residents and 2,029 households at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Odiham’s people
A town people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Odiham at 5,600 in 2011 and 5,400 in 2024, down 3%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 93% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Odiham’s residents are under 38.8 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 19% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Odiham’s population moved −3% on 2011, less than in 93% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Odiham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,600 people in 2011; 5,400 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+52%) and the 16 to 29 least (−26%).
Above 91% of UK towns: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, against 18% across England’s towns. 25–29 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Odiham, 38.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Odiham is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
Residents who moved in within the year: 14%, a higher share than 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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.4% in Odiham. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
Only 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Odiham
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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of households are one person living alone.
31% of households live in a detached house, more than in 56% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 21% in Odiham. Households in flats: a tenth of the total.
Odiham sits above 70% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (9%)
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 12%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 91%, a lower share than 58% 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 Odiham · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 51% here and 46% across England’s towns. Against that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.3%).
Odiham ranks below 93% of UK towns on unpaid carers: 7.4%
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 (England’s towns: 39%). On average, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 42% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Of 516 UK towns its size (4,000 to 7,000 people), the 64th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Odiham in age: Horsford (38.8), Brampton (38.8), Creswell (38.9) and Moulton (38.9).
Odiham and its 7 nearest towns: 6 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odiham | 5,091 | — | 38.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Hook | 9,062 | 2.3 mi | 40.9 | 16% | 34% |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 3.8 mi | 52.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Crondall | 1,220 | 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 31% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 4.1 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Fleet | 37,800 | 4.8 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 32% |
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | 4.8 mi | 37 | 6% | 49% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 5.2 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 Odiham’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. Odiham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,324 people in 2021, against 5,091 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 Odiham’s residents
What is the population of Odiham?
The 2021 Census counted 5,091 people in Odiham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,400 people in mid-2024, 3% fewer than in 2011.
What is the average age in Odiham?
The median age was 38.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 86% of UK towns. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Odiham?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Odiham?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Odiham good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Odiham’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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