Westley is younger than 99% of UK towns: a median age of 20.5
Residents with no religion make up 54%, against 37% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 281 residents in Westley, living in 50 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 17% here. Fewer households without a car or van than in 83% of UK towns: 9.8%.
Westley ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 3.3%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
15–19 is the most common age band: just over two in five residents, 7.3 times the share across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Westley is a campus town: students living in halls or boarding houses count as residents.
More students than 99% of UK towns: 61% of adults in Westley
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%.
Across England’s towns, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Westley, 42%. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.4 people per household, more than in 82% 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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 28% in Westley. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2%. Households with dependent children are more common here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Westley ranks below 71% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 15%
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 flats is 7.6%, against 23% across England’s towns. Against that, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Here, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house.
More residents born outside the UK than 86% of UK towns: 15%
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
Here 96% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (6.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.2%).
31% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 99% 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: 89% of Westley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.1% of residents are Muslim. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Lower than in 69% of UK towns: 89% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Westley ranks above 99% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 75%
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. Few places have so few unpaid carers: 3.7% here, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. Some 1 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
24% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Westley counts 24% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 3.9% have no qualification (18%). Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 36%.
Every neighbour of Westley has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westley | 281 | — | 20.5 | 3.3% | 30% |
| Littleton | 1,506 | 1.7 mi | 35 | 19% | 26% |
| Winchester | 48,486 | 3.2 mi | 38 | 18% | 27% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 3.2 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Kings Worthy | 4,631 | 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 29% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 4.3 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Compton | 1,307 | 5.5 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 31% |
| Twyford | 1,482 | 5.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 33% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Westley’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 Westley’s residents
What is the population of Westley?
The 2021 Census counted 281 people in Westley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Westley?
The median age was 20.5 at the 2021 Census. 61% of residents were 15 to 24 and 3.3% were 65 or over.
Is Westley a student village?
Yes: 61% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (159 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Westley?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Westley?
54% said they had no religion and 31% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Westley good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Westley’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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