Photo: Trish Steel · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 97% of UK towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
In Shipton Bellinger, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. Its 605 households held 1,442 residents at the 2021 Census. For Shipton Bellinger, the census puts households in flats at 3.5%. Lower than in 90% of UK towns: 8.3% of households have no car or van.
Shipton Bellinger sits below 71% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.1%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Shipton Bellinger is 43.5, lower than in 58% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across Shipton Bellinger, 20% of residents are 65 or over. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Shipton Bellinger, 4.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 73% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 36% of Shipton Bellinger’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Shipton Bellinger households average 2.4 people, larger than in 74% 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.
Households with dependent children make up 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. On shared households of unrelated adults, Shipton Bellinger sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 3.6%.
26% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 72% of UK towns
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 detached houses make up 20%, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
Shipton Bellinger: 11% of residents born outside the UK
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 73% of UK towns: 96%. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 24%.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 67% of UK towns: 52%
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 Shipton Bellinger · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90%, against 73% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Census figures put residents with no religion at 40% in Shipton Bellinger.
Only 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Shipton Bellinger
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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 7% of residents give unpaid care here. 30 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Shipton Bellinger, 28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Shipton Bellinger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | — | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 2.2 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 2.8 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 3.3 mi | 28.4 | 4.6% | 57% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 3.9 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Durrington | 5,718 | 4.5 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Amesbury | 12,676 | 5 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 5.6 mi | 50.3 | 22% | 22% |
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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 Shipton Bellinger’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 Shipton Bellinger’s residents
What is the population of Shipton Bellinger?
The 2021 Census counted 1,442 people in Shipton Bellinger’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shipton Bellinger?
The median age was 43.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shipton Bellinger?
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 Shipton Bellinger?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Shipton Bellinger good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shipton Bellinger’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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