Photo: M Walden · CC BY-SA 2.0Ropley ranks below 98% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 5.2%
57% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Ropley had 314 residents and 132 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 50.2. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6% of the total. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 95% of UK towns: 61%.
Ropley is older than 86% of UK towns: a median age of 50.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 60–64: one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
6.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 86% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Ropley has 50% and 10%. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 12% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 71% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.6%, from the figure across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in Ropley.
Ropley ranks below 98% of UK towns on households in flats: 1.5%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 18% of households live in a terraced house here. Across England’s towns, households in flats come to 23%.
Ropley sits above 71% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (9.2%)
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in Africa (3.2%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 97% in Ropley.
35% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 82% 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: 89% of Ropley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 89% here and 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (5.4%), Mixed or multiple (4.1%) and Chinese (0.6%).
Above 92% of UK towns: 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 3. 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 84% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 9.3%.
Qualified to degree level: 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
55% of Ropley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 7.3% have none (18%). Many still at university: 15% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Ropley are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ropley | 314 | — | 50.2 | 21% | 27% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 2.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| New Alresford | 5,340 | 3.4 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 6.8 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 8.2 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Petersfield | 14,994 | 8.5 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 9.4 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Ropley’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 Ropley’s residents
What is the population of Ropley?
The 2021 Census counted 314 people in Ropley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ropley?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ropley?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ropley?
35% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.6% didn’t answer.
Is Ropley good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ropley’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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