Tigbourne Court · Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0Hambledon ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1%
The share of married adults and civil partners is 61%, against 44% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 457 residents in Hambledon, living in 195 households. Households without a car or van: 5.6% of the total. Lower than in 97% of UK towns: 5.7% of households live in a terraced house.
Hambledon is older than 81% of UK towns: a median age of 49.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Hambledon, 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 96% 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%.
The share of full-time students tops 70% of UK towns: 5.3%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer households with dependent children than 66% of UK towns: 26%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 28% in Hambledon.
In Hambledon, 53% of households live in a detached house, more than in 92% of UK towns
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
On the census count, 11% of households live in a flat or apartment. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 13%, a higher share than 83% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Hambledon has 97%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
Above 94% of UK towns: 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 87% of Hambledon · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (8.5%), Mixed or multiple (3.3%) and African (0.4%). 87% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 73% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion is 35%, against 37% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 22% in Hambledon, less than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 7. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%. At 8.1%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 83% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 54% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hambledon’s adults: 54% with a degree-level qualification and 8.6% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Hambledon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambledon | 457 | — | 49.2 | 26% | 26% |
| Chiddingfold | 2,160 | 1.5 mi | 44 | 21% | 35% |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 2.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 31% |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 3.3 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 4.4 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 29% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 5 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 5 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 29% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 5.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Surrey’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Surrey (or England), summed the same way as Hambledon’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 Hambledon’s residents
What is the population of Hambledon?
The 2021 Census counted 457 people in Hambledon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hambledon?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hambledon?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hambledon?
35% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hambledon good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hambledon’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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