Photo: Chris Talbot · CC BY-SA 2.0Over Wallop sits below 98% of UK towns for households without a car or van (5.2%)
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Over Wallop comes in at 24%. The village is home to 741 residents in 323 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 97% of residents describe themselves as White British here. With a median age of 49, Over Wallop is older than 80% of UK towns.
Over Wallop ranks below 80% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 82% of UK towns: 4.1% of adults are full-time students
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%.
By its share of residents who moved in within the year (6.8%), Over Wallop is below 88% of UK towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 77% of UK towns
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 with dependent children make up 25%, against 29% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
More households in detached houses than 73% of UK towns: 38%
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
Here one in ten households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 62% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns, at 100%
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 6% in Over Wallop. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.1%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
57% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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: 97% of Over Wallop · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Over Wallop, 35%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
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
For 14 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Where 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, Over Wallop has 9.7%.
35% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Over Wallop counts 35% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Over Wallop
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over Wallop | 741 | — | 49 | 24% | 25% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 4.2 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 5.1 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 5.6 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 6.7 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 6.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 6.9 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 6.9 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Over Wallop’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 Over Wallop’s residents
What is the population of Over Wallop?
The 2021 Census counted 741 people in Over Wallop’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Over Wallop?
The median age was 49 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Over Wallop?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Over Wallop?
35% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Over Wallop good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Over Wallop’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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