Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 81% of UK towns, at 8.7%
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Locally, 46% of residents said they have no religion. Households in flats are more common here than in 70% of UK towns. Whitchurch counted 5,291 residents and 2,254 households at the 2021 Census.
Whitchurch is younger than 57% of UK towns: a median age of 43.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: 7.4% of residents. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Whitchurch, 43.6. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Only 4.5% of adults are full-time students in Whitchurch
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.6%, against 11% across England’s towns. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Larger households than 56% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, against 2.2% in Whitchurch. Households with dependent children: 29% of the total.
Whitchurch sits below 65% of UK towns for households without a car or van (13%)
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
Here a quarter of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. One household in 8 has no car or van.
Whitchurch ranks above 65% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 98%
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
Arrivals from 2017 on account for just over one in ten residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%. The census found that 7.1% of residents were born outside the UK in Whitchurch.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 70% of UK towns: 47%
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 Whitchurch · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.4%). Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in Whitchurch and 73% across England’s towns.
Only 30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Whitchurch
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
Whitchurch sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 101.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 40%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Whitchurch (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 13% (England’s towns: 18%).
516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people: this is the 170th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Whitchurch in age: Sawtry (43.6), Lawford (43.6), Whitehill (43.6) and Coxhoe (43.7).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Whitchurch
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch | 5,291 | — | 43.6 | 21% | 29% |
| Overton | 4,350 | 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 26% | 27% |
| Picket Piece | 2,329 | 4.5 mi | 31.2 | 5.8% | 51% |
| Andover | 48,484 | 6.2 mi | 38.9 | 16% | 31% |
| Charlton | 2,121 | 7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 24% |
| Oakley | 5,264 | 7.1 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 25% |
| South Wonston | 2,686 | 7.7 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Anna Valley and Upper Clatford | 1,557 | 7.7 mi | 47.6 | 22% | 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 Whitchurch’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 Whitchurch’s residents
What is the population of Whitchurch?
The 2021 Census counted 5,291 people in Whitchurch’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Whitchurch?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 57% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whitchurch?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whitchurch?
46% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Whitchurch good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whitchurch’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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