Photo: A-M-Jervis · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 2.5% of households in Palestine have no car or van
Here three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Households in flats account for 0.9%. With a median age of 50.8, Palestine is older than 89% of UK towns. The village had 270 residents in 120 households at the 2021 Census.
Above 65% of UK towns: 24% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 69% of UK towns, at 7.8%
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%.
In Palestine, 42% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 20% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 4.7% of adults are full-time students locally.
Only 24% of households in Palestine are one person living alone
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 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Here, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 5.1%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Palestine has 48%. The comparison figure for households in terraced houses is 24% across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 62% of UK towns: 5.2%
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
Compared with 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language here. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) or in Africa (1.5%).
Palestine: 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, above 79% 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: 95% of Palestine · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
There is little gap on residents with no religion: 37%, about the same as across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Here, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Adults who have never married make up 21% in Palestine, less 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
By its share of unpaid carers (9.9%), Palestine is above nearly two thirds of UK towns. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 2 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Palestine’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 10% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Palestine has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 270 | — | 50.8 | 24% | 26% |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 3.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 4.9 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 5 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 5.3 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 5.4 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 5.5 mi | 28.4 | 4.6% | 57% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 5.7 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Palestine’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 Palestine’s residents
What is the population of Palestine?
The 2021 Census counted 270 people in Palestine’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Palestine?
The median age was 50.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Palestine?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Palestine?
37% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 8.5% didn’t answer.
Is Palestine good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Palestine’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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