Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0Households in detached houses: 66%, a higher share than 98% of UK towns
Households in terraced houses make up 5%, against 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 63% in Otterbourne. Few places have so few one-person households: 23% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,252 residents in 499 households.
In Otterbourne, 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 26%, against 18% across England’s towns. The median age in Otterbourne is 46.9, higher than in just over two thirds of UK towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 5.2% in Otterbourne, more than in 67% 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 58% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 11% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On average, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.3% in Otterbourne.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Otterbourne sits above 83% of UK towns for households with dependent children (32%)
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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Against that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The average household has 2.5 people.
Households without a car or van: 8.8%, a lower share than 88% 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
13% of households live in a flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Otterbourne: 11% of residents 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
Residents whose main language is English make up 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 86% 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: 86% of Otterbourne · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (5%), Indian (3.2%) and Mixed or multiple (1.7%). Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 55%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 79% of UK towns. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 86% of residents describe themselves as White British here.
In Otterbourne, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 8.1%. Elsewhere, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 20 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
53% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 53% of Otterbourne’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.8% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Otterbourne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterbourne | 1,252 | — | 46.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Compton | 1,307 | 0.5 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
| Colden Common | 3,827 | 1.4 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 30% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 1.5 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
| Chandler's Ford | 31,965 | 2.4 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 31% |
| Eastleigh | 48,355 | 2.6 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 31% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 3.9 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| Horton Heath | 3,047 | 4.4 mi | 41 | 13% | 34% |
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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 Otterbourne’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 Otterbourne’s residents
What is the population of Otterbourne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,252 people in Otterbourne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Otterbourne?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Otterbourne?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Otterbourne?
34% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Otterbourne good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Otterbourne’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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