The Cross Keys Public House · Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC046% of residents said they have no religion, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
Here 14% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. In 2021, the Census found 28,093 residents in Totton, living in 12,068 households. Across Totton, a fifth of residents are 65 or over. Few places have as many shared households of unrelated adults: 2.7% here, more than in nearly two thirds of UK towns.
What the Census says about Totton’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Totton at 29,100 in 2011 and 29,100 in 2024, down 0%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 85% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A change of ±0% since 2011 leaves Totton behind 85% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Totton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 29,100 people in 2011; 29,100 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+26%) and weakest among the 16 to 29 (−13%).
Totton is younger than 56% of UK towns: a median age of 43.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 7.7% of residents. Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Totton has 10%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Totton, 43.7. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Fewer full-time students than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
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%.
Nearly a third of Totton’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 26% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. Locally, 8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Totton households average 2.3 people, larger than in 60% 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 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Totton comes in at 29%. The census found that 28% of households have dependent children locally.
Totton: 12% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 56% 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
There is little gap on households in terraced houses: 24%, about the same as across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. On the census count, 31% of households live in a detached house.
Below 56% of UK towns: 5.8% of residents were 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
Of residents born abroad, 11% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 60% of UK towns: 93%
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 Totton · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Totton, 47%. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.5%).
A higher share of adults who have never married than 52% of UK towns, at 33%
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 738. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. The figure for married adults and civil partners is 48% in Totton and 44% across England’s towns.
25% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Totton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 17% (England’s towns: 18%).
From a median age of 43 in West Totton to 44 in Totton Calmore
The town’s 4 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Totton Calmore is the oldest area, with 22% aged 65 or over; West Totton the youngest (median age 43). Families with children are most common in Totton Rushington (29% of households).
Of 238 UK towns its size (20,000 to 38,000 people), the 89th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Egham (31.1), the youngest, and Rustington (56.2), the oldest. Nearest to Totton in age: Fleet (43.6), Redcar (43.7), New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater (43.8) and Faversham (43.8).
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Totton are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totton | 28,093 | — | 43.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Ashurst | 2,370 | 1.6 mi | 54.4 | 32% | 24% |
| Rownhams and Nursling | 4,796 | 2.7 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Cadnam and Bartley | 2,023 | 2.7 mi | 55 | 34% | 21% |
| Marchwood | 5,776 | 3 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 30% |
| Lyndhurst | 2,462 | 4.5 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 20% |
| Southampton | 249,633 | 4.7 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 27% |
| North Baddesley | 6,996 | 4.7 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 28% |
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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 Totton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Totton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 28,656 people in 2021, against 28,093 in the built-up area.
- 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 Totton’s residents
What is the population of Totton?
The 2021 Census counted 28,093 people in Totton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 29,100 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Totton?
The median age was 43.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 56% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Totton?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Totton?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Totton good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Totton Rushington (29% of households). Schools are on Totton’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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