Thatched Cottage · Photo: Lewis Hulbert · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer households without a car or van than 91% of UK towns: 8.3%
The share of one-person households is 24%, against 30% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 14,676 people lived in Yateley, in 6,078 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 55% locally. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 66% of UK towns.
Since 2011, Yateley has changed by +1%, slower than 82% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Yateley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 14,900 people in 2011; 15,000 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+49%) and 16 to 29 least (−15%). Mid-2020 to mid-2021 brought the biggest yearly rise, 190 people.
Half of Yateley is over 46.4, older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.9%, against 12% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.5% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Yateley, 46.4. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 69% of UK towns
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 Yateley, 42% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. For Yateley, the census puts full-time students at 4.5%.
Bigger households than 80% of UK towns: 2.4 people each 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.
In Yateley, 28% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. Locally, 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 65% of UK towns, at 35%
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. On the census count, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 66% of UK towns, at 8.4%
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, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 10%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91% in Yateley, less than in 57% 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: 91% of Yateley · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Yateley has 42%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian account for 51%. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 83% 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
In Yateley, 7.5% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 268.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Yateley, 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification, against 18%.
Ranked by age, 111th oldest of 384 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Yateley in age: Littleborough (46.4), Chorleywood (46.4), Petersfield (46.4) and Ripon (46.5).
Yateley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yateley | 14,676 | — | 46.4 | 24% | 28% |
| Minley | 1,041 | 1.4 mi | 22.3 | 3.9% | 21% |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 1.6 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Sandhurst | 20,220 | 2.1 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 2.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Crowthorne | 15,196 | 2.8 mi | 43.6 | 21% | 31% |
| Elvetham Heath | 4,916 | 3.2 mi | 37 | 6% | 49% |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 4 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
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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 Yateley’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. Yateley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 14,676 people in 2021, against 14,676 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 Yateley’s residents
What is the population of Yateley?
The 2021 Census counted 14,676 people in Yateley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 15,000 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Yateley?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census, older than 64% of UK towns. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Yateley?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 8.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Yateley?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Yateley good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Yateley’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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