Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Althorne is over 57
Set against 24% across England’s towns, 8.9% of households have no car or van in Althorne. The 2021 Census counted 811 residents in 357 households. Across Althorne, 16% of households have dependent children. Residents who describe themselves as White British are more common here than in 87% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4%, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 3.1% in Althorne, less than in 98% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 30% of Althorne’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 21%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. On residents who moved in within the year, Althorne sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 6.3%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 79% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Essex’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 31% of households are one person living alone here. In Althorne, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Althorne: 69% of households live in a detached house, above 99% 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
The figure for households in flats is 3.9% in Althorne and 23% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. Against that, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents born outside the UK than 91% of UK towns: 3%
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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns.
Althorne: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 78% 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: 96% of Althorne · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and Indian (0.3%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 61% of UK towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 95% of UK towns: 24%
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
The figure for married adults and civil partners is 53% in Althorne and 44% across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. 18 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 21% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Althorne
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Althorne | 811 | — | 57 | 37% | 16% |
| Latchingdon | 1,140 | 1.9 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Mayland | 3,740 | 1.9 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Southminster | 4,548 | 2.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 29% |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 7,806 | 2.9 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 23% |
| Canewdon | 1,216 | 2.9 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 38% |
| Cold Norton | 1,161 | 4 mi | 51 | 24% | 27% |
| Ramsey Island | 1,139 | 4.9 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Essex’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Essex (or England), summed the same way as Althorne’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 Althorne’s residents
What is the population of Althorne?
The 2021 Census counted 811 people in Althorne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Althorne?
The median age was 57 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Althorne?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Althorne?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Althorne good for families?
16% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Althorne’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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