Photo: Hugh Chevallier · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 1.5%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Upton Grey, 61%. One-person households: 17% of the total. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 89% of UK towns. There were 206 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 516 residents.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 6.8%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Upton Grey is 48.5, higher than in 77% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 10% in Upton Grey. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Larger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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 with dependent children: 28% here and 29% across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 1.9%.
4.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% 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
Flats are home to 3.4% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 74% of UK towns: 10%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.5%). At 99%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 75% of UK towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
Only 27% of residents said they have no religion in Upton Grey
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: 92% of Upton Grey · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and Indian (1.4%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 69%
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 carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 12. At 18%, the share of adults who have never married is lower than in 99% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 7.9% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
44% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Upton Grey, 10%, while 44% hold one at degree level (34%).
Upton Grey is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Grey | 516 | — | 48.5 | 29% | 28% |
| Odiham | 5,091 | 3 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 31% |
| Old Basing | 3,834 | 3 mi | 51 | 27% | 24% |
| Hook | 9,062 | 4.4 mi | 40.9 | 16% | 34% |
| Basingstoke | 117,211 | 4.9 mi | 37.8 | 14% | 31% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 5.1 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 5.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 6 mi | 47 | 25% | 34% |
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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 Upton Grey’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 Upton Grey’s residents
What is the population of Upton Grey?
The 2021 Census counted 516 people in Upton Grey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upton Grey?
The median age was 48.5 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upton Grey?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upton Grey?
27% said they had no religion and 67% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Upton Grey good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upton Grey’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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