Photo: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 55.1: Upper Farringdon is older than 97% of UK towns
The figure for households in flats is 2.6% in Upper Farringdon and 23% across England’s towns. The village had 376 residents in 157 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 18% here. 67% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 99% of UK towns.
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Upper Farringdon sits lower than 93% of UK towns: 8%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 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.
3.4% of adults are full-time students, below 96% 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 just over half of Upper Farringdon’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 12%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.5% locally. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Upper Farringdon ranks below 92% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 21%
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.
3.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Only 4.5% of households in Upper Farringdon have no car or van
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
The share of households in detached houses is 67%, against 21% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 3.2% in Upper Farringdon. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Upper Farringdon ranks above 64% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 8%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.9%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%). At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 67% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 96% of UK towns: 28%
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: 96% of Upper Farringdon · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Upper Farringdon has 96%. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 66% in Upper Farringdon, more 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
Across England’s towns, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Upper Farringdon, 19%. Census figures put unpaid carers at 7.3% locally. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
53% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Upper Farringdon counts 53% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.2% have no qualification (18%).
Upper Farringdon is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Farringdon | 376 | — | 55.1 | 31% | 21% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 2.8 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 2.9 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 3.9 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 4.9 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 5.3 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 5.9 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 6.1 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 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 Upper Farringdon’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 Upper Farringdon’s residents
What is the population of Upper Farringdon?
The 2021 Census counted 376 people in Upper Farringdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Farringdon?
The median age was 55.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Farringdon?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Farringdon?
28% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.4% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Farringdon good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Farringdon’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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