Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Peel Common is over 56.6, older than 98% of UK towns
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 42% in Peel Common. In Peel Common, 2.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. The village has fewer adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns, at 27%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 263, in 83 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 40% in Peel Common, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 85+: one in ten residents, 4.2 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Across Peel Common, 4.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
In Peel Common, 3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 98% 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%.
31% of Peel Common’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 14% here.
24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 3.6% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Only 6% of households live in a terraced house in Peel Common
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
The figure for households without a car or van is 8.2% in Peel Common and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in detached houses at 37% in the village.
In Peel Common, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 82% of UK towns
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in Africa (2.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 7.6%, more than in 61% of UK towns.
Peel Common ranks below 58% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 91%
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 Peel Common · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On religion, 42% answered “no religion” and 42% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (3%) and Indian (1.9%).
47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, fewer than in 53% 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: 8.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 9 residents.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
22% of Peel Common’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 28% have none (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Peel Common
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Common | 263 | — | 56.6 | 40% | 27% |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 24,307 | 1.2 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 23% |
| Gosport | 70,120 | 2 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 27% |
| Fareham | 42,633 | 2.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Knowle | 1,487 | 4.1 mi | 35.2 | 6.7% | 28% |
| Locks Heath | 35,744 | 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 28% |
| Portsmouth | 223,324 | 5 mi | 36.8 | 16% | 27% |
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 5.2 mi | 38.6 | 11% | 39% |
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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 Peel Common’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 Peel Common’s residents
What is the population of Peel Common?
The 2021 Census counted 263 people in Peel Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Peel Common?
The median age was 56.6 at the 2021 Census. 4.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Peel Common?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Peel Common?
42% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 14% didn’t answer.
Is Peel Common good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Peel Common’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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