Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Overton
28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Overton had 4,350 residents in 1,919 households at the 2021 Census. The census found that 16% of households live in a flat or apartment here. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. With a median age of 46.8, Overton is older than 67% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 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+
■ Overton, 46.8. 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.
Fewer full-time students than 92% of UK towns: 3.7%
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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 62% of UK towns, at 2.1%
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, 29% of households have dependent children; in Overton, 27%. As a reference point, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 65% of UK towns: 13%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 30% of households live in a detached house in Overton. In one household in 8 there is no car or van.
Above 64% of UK towns: 8% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, above 63% of UK towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.5%) or in Africa (1.9%).
Overton sits above 66% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (52%)
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 Overton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%; Overton has 43%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and African (0.4%). Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 77% 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
90 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of Overton’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 330th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.7 in Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe. Nearest to Overton in age: Tutbury (46.8), Finedon (46.8), Brotton (46.9) and Pen-pedair-heol (46.9).
Older than Overton: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overton | 4,350 | — | 46.8 | 26% | 27% |
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | 3.3 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Oakley | 5,264 | 3.9 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 25% |
| Kingsclere | 2,889 | 5.8 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 23% |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 7.2 mi | 37.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Picket Piece | 2,329 | 7.8 mi | 31.2 | 5.8% | 51% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 9 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Woolton Hill and Highclere | 2,755 | 9.1 mi | 48.1 | 23% | 33% |
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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 Overton’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 Overton’s residents
What is the population of Overton?
The 2021 Census counted 4,350 people in Overton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Overton?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 67% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Overton?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Overton?
43% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Overton good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Overton’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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