Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domainFewer young people than 87% of UK towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24
Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns. On the census count, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Haslemere counted 11,897 residents and 5,040 households at the 2021 Census. Households in Haslemere hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4).
Haslemere’s population moved +5% on 2011, less than in 59% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Haslemere’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 12,700 people in 2011; 13,400 in 2024.
Change by age ran from +18% for the 65 and over to −12% for the 30 to 44. The steepest year was mid-2023 to mid-2024, up 270 people.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 59% of UK towns, at 21%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45, Haslemere is older than 54% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Haslemere, 45. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4.3% in Haslemere, less than in 72% 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%.
Little separates the share of residents who moved in within the year here, 11%, from the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
30% of households have dependent children, a share 76% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Haslemere, 2.2%. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. One-person households are rarer here than in three fifths of UK towns.
A town of detached houses: 38% of households live in one
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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment in Haslemere. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Across Haslemere, 15% of households live in a terraced house. Fewer households without a car or van than in 61% of UK towns: 13%.
Haslemere: 13% of residents were born outside the UK, above 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
97% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (4.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.9%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 60% of UK towns: 51%
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 Haslemere · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (7.1%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Indian (0.6%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. 41% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 52% of UK towns.
Haslemere ranks below 79% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 28%
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 make up 7.4% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 203 residents.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 49%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 49% of its adults qualified to degree level, Haslemere compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%).
From a median age of 43 in Fernhurst & Northchapel to 46 in Haslemere East
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Haslemere East is the oldest area, with 23% aged 65 or over; Fernhurst & Northchapel the youngest (median age 43). Families with children are most common in Fernhurst & Northchapel (42% of households).
184th oldest of 432 UK towns of 8,000 to 16,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Aberystwyth (25), the youngest, and Sidmouth (60.4), the oldest. Nearest to Haslemere in age: Whittlesey (45), Herne (45), Wellington (45) and Caldicot (45).
Haslemere is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haslemere | 11,897 | — | 45 | 21% | 30% |
| Fernhurst | 1,830 | 2.6 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 27% |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 2.6 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 25% |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 3.6 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 4.2 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Chiddingfold | 2,160 | 4.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 35% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 5.8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 6 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Haslemere’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. Haslemere’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 12,954 people in 2021, against 11,897 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 Haslemere’s residents
What is the population of Haslemere?
The 2021 Census counted 11,897 people in Haslemere’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 13,400 people in mid-2024, 5% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Haslemere?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Haslemere?
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 Haslemere?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Haslemere good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Fernhurst & Northchapel (42% of households). Schools are on Haslemere’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 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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