Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Selborne is older than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 54.6
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Selborne has 2%. The village counted 568 residents and 248 households at the 2021 Census. Households without a car or van: 6.5% of the total. Just over three in five residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 95% of UK towns.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Below 86% of UK towns: 3.9% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.7%, below 89% of UK towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Selborne ranks below 89% of UK towns on one-person households: 24%
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.
2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Fewer households with dependent children than in 78% of UK towns: 24%. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 93% of UK towns, at 54%
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, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Selborne, 15%. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Selborne, more than in 85% 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
With residents born outside the UK at 9.3%, Selborne is ahead of 71% of UK towns on that count. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.5%) and in Africa (1.8%).
In Selborne, 34% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 85% 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: 93% of Selborne · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%
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 (6.7%), Selborne is below 98% of UK towns. Typically, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On the census count, three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications reach 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of adults in Selborne (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 8.6% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Selborne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selborne | 568 | — | 54.6 | 33% | 24% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 3.1 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 3.7 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 4 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 4.3 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 4.4 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 4.6 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
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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 Selborne’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 Selborne’s residents
What is the population of Selborne?
The 2021 Census counted 568 people in Selborne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Selborne?
The median age was 54.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Selborne?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 9.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Selborne?
34% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Selborne good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Selborne’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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