Photo: Chris Gunns · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Stoke is over 57.5, older than 98% of UK towns
In Stoke, 3.1% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. The village counted 1,267 residents and 542 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households in detached houses at 78% in the village. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Stoke’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Stoke’s residents are under 57.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 36% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns, at 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.7% in Stoke and 12% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 3.5%, a lower share than 95% 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 take in 42% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Locally, 9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
18% of households have dependent children, below 97% 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 in Stoke hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Across Stoke, 20% of households are one person living alone. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 83% of UK towns: 3.3%. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 2.6% of households in Stoke live in one
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
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. By way of comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 80% of UK towns, at 99%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (3.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%. 6.4% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
Above 80% of UK towns: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Stoke · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (36%), Stoke is below 77% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. The census found that 94% of residents describe themselves as White British in the village.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns: 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
23 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Lower than in 83% of UK towns: 8.1% of residents give unpaid care. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 35% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 35% of adults in Stoke (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Stoke 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke | 1,267 | — | 57.5 | 36% | 18% |
| South Hayling | 15,305 | 2.1 mi | 57.2 | 37% | 18% |
| West Thorney | 1,729 | 2.4 mi | 28.2 | 0.1% | 79% |
| Emsworth | 11,512 | 3.1 mi | 54.1 | 33% | 20% |
| Havant | 46,964 | 3.2 mi | 40 | 18% | 30% |
| Southbourne | 4,150 | 3.6 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 25% |
| Westbourne | 1,938 | 4 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 27% |
| Portsmouth | 223,324 | 4.3 mi | 36.8 | 16% | 27% |
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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 Stoke’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 Stoke’s residents
What is the population of Stoke?
The 2021 Census counted 1,267 people in Stoke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stoke?
The median age was 57.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stoke?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stoke?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Stoke good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stoke’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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