Photo: PAUL FARMER · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Thruxton is over 55.2, older than 97% of UK towns
One-person households make up 17%, against 30% across England’s towns. There were 137 households in Thruxton at the 2021 Census, home to 321 residents. 18% of households have dependent children. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 65% here, more than in 99% of UK towns.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.2%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, above 95% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Thruxton ranks below 94% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.5%
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 47% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 12% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.8% in Thruxton. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Thruxton households average 2.3 people, larger than in 66% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 90% in Thruxton, more than in 99% 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 without a car or van make up 2.9%, against 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that 0.7% of households live in a terraced house in Thruxton.
Residents born outside the UK: 7.5%, a higher share than 60% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.7%) or in Africa (1.6%). Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Thruxton, 98%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 97%, a higher 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: 97% of Thruxton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns: 37%. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%. In Thruxton, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 7 people. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Thruxton sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 9.4%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 38%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 38% of adults in Thruxton, 34% across England’s towns; 11% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Thruxton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thruxton | 321 | — | 55.2 | 33% | 18% |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 3.1 mi | 25.6 | 1.9% | 58% |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 3.3 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 32% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 3.5 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 3.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 3.9 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 29% |
| Tidworth | 10,693 | 3.9 mi | 28.4 | 4.1% | 54% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 4.6 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
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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 Thruxton’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 Thruxton’s residents
What is the population of Thruxton?
The 2021 Census counted 321 people in Thruxton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Thruxton?
The median age was 55.2 at the 2021 Census. 6.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Thruxton?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Thruxton?
37% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Thruxton good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Thruxton’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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