Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 1.4%
At 2.7 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 595 residents in Rotherwick, living in 219 households. Here, 22% of residents said they have no religion. On households with dependent children, Rotherwick sits higher than 89% of UK towns: 33%.
A median age of 47.9: Rotherwick is older than 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (16%), Rotherwick is below 85% of UK towns. Across Rotherwick, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 93% of UK towns: 7.8% of adults are full-time students
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; across England’s towns the figure is 11%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
In Rotherwick, 13% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 0.5%
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
Just over two thirds of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses: 7% of the total.
11% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 77% 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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 96% in Rotherwick. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (3.4%) and in EU countries (3.2%).
Rotherwick: 67% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 99% 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: 90% of Rotherwick · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 90%, Rotherwick is behind 65% of UK towns on that count. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 1% of residents are Muslim.
Rotherwick sits above 98% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (60%)
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
Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Rotherwick has 28%. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Locally, 8.2% of residents give unpaid care.
Among adults, 47% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Rotherwick’s adults: 47% with a degree-level qualification and 10% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many of the 18% whose highest qualification is A levels are students working towards a degree.
Older than Rotherwick: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherwick | 595 | — | 47.9 | 16% | 33% |
| Hook | 9,062 | 1.4 mi | 40.9 | 16% | 34% |
| Sherfield on Loddon | 1,385 | 2.5 mi | 52.2 | 28% | 23% |
| Hartley Wintney | 3,465 | 3.1 mi | 52.7 | 32% | 23% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 3.5 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Odiham | 5,091 | 3.6 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Bramley | 4,730 | 3.9 mi | 39.2 | 14% | 37% |
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | 5.4 mi | 37 | 6% | 49% |
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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 Rotherwick’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 Rotherwick’s residents
What is the population of Rotherwick?
The 2021 Census counted 595 people in Rotherwick’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rotherwick?
The median age was 47.9 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rotherwick?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rotherwick?
22% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Rotherwick good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rotherwick’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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