Photo: Shaun Ferguson · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Picket Piece is under 31.2, younger than 99% of UK towns
At 2.8 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 13%. 5.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 98% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Picket Piece’s population at 2,329, in 845 households.
What the Census says about Picket Piece’s people
A village of families
51% of Picket Piece’s 845 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Picket Piece’s residents are under 31.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 7.7% are 15 to 24 and 5.8% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More with no religion than most
50% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 40% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Only 5.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 30–34 than any other five-year age: 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 7.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Picket Piece ranks above 94% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 13%
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 class, 47% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Measured more widely, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 4.4% of adults are full-time students in Picket Piece.
More households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns: 51%
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. The share of households with dependent children across England’s towns is 29%.
Fewer households in flats than 79% of UK towns: 5.8%
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
Households in terraced houses: 23% here and 24% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a third of households live in a detached house.
Picket Piece ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 12%
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 born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.5%), then in Africa (2.7%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. 96% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 8.1% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
50% said they have no religion, more than in 93% 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 Picket Piece · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (5.3%), Mixed or multiple (3%) and African (1.8%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 40% here, fewer than in 93% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents with no religion is 37% across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 86%, against 73% across England’s towns.
Below 98% of UK towns: 6.2% of residents give unpaid care
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
Nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, about the same as across England’s towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 43 residents.
Degree-level qualifications: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Picket Piece compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 7.7% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Picket Piece are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picket Piece | 2,329 | — | 31.2 | 5.8% | 51% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 1.6 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 2.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 3.4 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | 4.5 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Overton | 4,350 | 7.8 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 27% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 8 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 8.5 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 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 Picket Piece’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 Picket Piece’s residents
What is the population of Picket Piece?
The 2021 Census counted 2,329 people in Picket Piece’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Picket Piece?
The median age was 31.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 5.8% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Picket Piece?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Picket Piece?
50% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Picket Piece good for families?
51% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Picket Piece’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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