Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domainA median age of 57.9: Stockbridge is older than 98% of UK towns
Set against 29% across England’s towns, 15% of households have dependent children in Stockbridge. In Stockbridge, 18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in 96% of UK towns. The village counted 759 residents and 383 households at the 2021 Census.
Stockbridge: 40% of residents are 65 or over, above 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 12% of residents, 2.5 times the share across England’s towns. At 5.7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of UK towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
47% of Stockbridge’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 12%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
2 people per household, 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Stockbridge comes in at 2.1%.
21% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 85% 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 37%, against 21% across England’s towns. Fewer households without a car or van than in 63% of UK towns: 13%. Set beside that, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Stockbridge has 11%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.6%). The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
No religion: 27% of residents, a lower share than 96% 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: 94% of Stockbridge · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 94% of residents describe themselves as White British in Stockbridge. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns. In Stockbridge, nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Stockbridge ranks above 93% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 57%
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 20. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 9.3% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 44% of adults in Stockbridge (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 11% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Stockbridge are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockbridge | 759 | — | 57.9 | 40% | 15% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 2.6 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 5.6 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Littleton | 1,506 | 6.6 mi | 35 | 19% | 26% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 6.8 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Middle Winterslow | 1,563 | 7 mi | 50.7 | 25% | 27% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 7.1 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 7.5 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
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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 Stockbridge’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 Stockbridge’s residents
What is the population of Stockbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 759 people in Stockbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stockbridge?
The median age was 57.9 at the 2021 Census. 5.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 40% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stockbridge?
94% 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 Stockbridge?
27% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Stockbridge good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stockbridge’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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