Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.036% of households are one person living alone, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
8.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,170 residents in 1,028 households. Across Wickham, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. More households in flats than in 77% of UK towns: 17%.
What the Census says about Wickham’s people
Many older residents
29% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 87% of UK towns; 22% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Wickham sits above 87% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Wickham’s residents are over 48.6, older than in 77% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 7% of residents. 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
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 4.3% of adults are full-time students in Wickham
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%.
37% of Wickham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Wickham, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 7.5%.
Smaller households than 87% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3%, above just over three quarters of UK towns.
Only 24% of households live in a detached house in Wickham
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
25% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. The share of households without a car or van stands at 15%. For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 75% 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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 11% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). At 6.2%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in just over half of UK towns. On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 63% 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 Wickham · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (4.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Chinese (0.3%). 93% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 58% of UK towns. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 41%, below 51% of UK towns.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 74% of UK towns, at 29%
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
Here 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid carers account for 9.2%. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
35% 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 Wickham, 19%, while 35% hold one at degree level (34%).
Wickham and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham | 2,170 | — | 48.6 | 29% | 23% |
| Knowle | 1,487 | 1.5 mi | 35.2 | 6.7% | 28% |
| Waltham Chase | 2,830 | 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Swanmore | 3,113 | 2.9 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 33% |
| Fareham | 42,633 | 3.1 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 25% |
| Whiteley | 9,350 | 3.2 mi | 38.6 | 11% | 39% |
| Bishop's Waltham | 6,957 | 4 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 24% |
| Botley | 5,900 | 4.3 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 35% |
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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 Wickham’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 Wickham’s residents
What is the population of Wickham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,170 people in Wickham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wickham?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wickham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wickham?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Wickham good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wickham’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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