Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children: 20%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 6.4%, Wherwell is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. On the census count, 5.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. 46% of households live in a detached house, more than in 86% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 440 residents here, living in 203 households.
Wherwell is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 28% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 94% of UK towns: 3.6%
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 6.9% in Wherwell. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Smaller households than 78% of UK towns: 2.2 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults in Wherwell comes in at 2%. Census figures put one-person households at 29% locally.
Wherwell sits below 82% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (12%)
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
6.4% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house.
Wherwell ranks above 65% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 8.2%
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 (4.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. The figure for residents whose main language is English is 97% in Wherwell and 90% across England’s towns.
In Wherwell, 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% 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: 93% of Wherwell · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly a third of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Here, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
In Wherwell, 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 98% 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
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Wherwell, 8.5% of residents give unpaid care.
45% 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 45% of Wherwell’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification (18%).
Every neighbour of Wherwell has a younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wherwell | 440 | — | 51.1 | 28% | 20% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 3.2 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 3.5 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Picket Piece | 2,329 | 4 mi | 31.2 | 5.8% | 51% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 4.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 6 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| King's Somborne | 1,206 | 6.2 mi | 50.7 | 27% | 24% |
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | 6.7 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
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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 Wherwell’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 Wherwell’s residents
What is the population of Wherwell?
The 2021 Census counted 440 people in Wherwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wherwell?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 5.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wherwell?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wherwell?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wherwell good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wherwell’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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