Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 87% of UK towns: 9%
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Whitehill has 89%. 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. The town is home to 5,178 residents in 2,225 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Whitehill’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Whitehill at 4,900 in 2011 and 5,800 in 2024, up 19%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 83% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Whitehill’s population changed by +19% since 2011, more than in 83% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Whitehill’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,900 people in 2011; 5,800 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group moved most (+56%); the 16 to 29 group moved least (−1%). In one year, mid-2021 to mid-2022, the population rose by 320, the most of any year.
Whitehill is younger than 57% of UK towns: a median age of 43.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 71% of UK towns. In Barton on Sea, the oldest of Hampshire’s towns by this measure, it is 51%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Whitehill, 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.
Whitehill ranks below 84% of UK towns on full-time students: 4%
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%.
In Whitehill, 33% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is higher than in 86% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
More shared houses than 86% of UK towns: 3.5% of households
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 in Whitehill hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 69% of UK towns: 36%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house, about the same as across England’s towns. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%. Households in flats: 11% of the total.
In Whitehill, 11% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 79% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language; in Whitehill, 95%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (6.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 51% in Whitehill, more than in 56% 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 Whitehill · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (6.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.6%). For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. 41% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns.
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 63% 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
Whitehill sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. For Whitehill, the census puts adults who have never married at 31%.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Whitehill, 28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 17% have no qualification at all (18%).
171st youngest of 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Whitehill in age: Lawford (43.6), Whitchurch (43.6), Coxhoe (43.7) and Bracebridge Heath (43.7).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Whitehill
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehill | 5,178 | — | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 0.9 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 1.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 2.9 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Liss | 4,749 | 4 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 27% |
| Hill Brow and Rake | 1,200 | 4.9 mi | 53 | 32% | 30% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 5.4 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Whitehill’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Whitehill’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,229 people in 2021, against 5,178 in the built-up area.
- 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 Whitehill’s residents
What is the population of Whitehill?
The 2021 Census counted 5,178 people in Whitehill’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,800 people in mid-2024, 19% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Whitehill?
The median age was 43.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 57% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Whitehill?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Whitehill?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Whitehill good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Whitehill’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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