Photo: Terryjoyce · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 58.4: Battlesbridge is older than 99% of UK towns
Households in flats: 3%, below 93% of UK towns. Battlesbridge’s 168 households held 372 residents at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households with dependent children at 15% locally. 12% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 98% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 97% of UK towns: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Battlesbridge sits below 93% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.5%)
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 is 4.1%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Only 23% of households in Battlesbridge are one person living alone
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.
The typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 98% of UK towns: 3.6% of households live in a terraced house
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
Households in detached houses make up 51%, against 21% across England’s towns. At the same time, fewer households without a car or van than in two thirds of UK towns: 12%. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
More residents whose main language is English than 66% of UK towns: 98%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.9%). Set beside that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 6.2% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 61% 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: 92% of Battlesbridge · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4%), African (1.1%) and Mixed or multiple (0.5%). Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 39%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 61% of UK towns. What’s more, residents who describe themselves as White British make up 92%, against 73% across England’s towns.
18% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 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
Some 10 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 61%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 25% of adults in Battlesbridge, 34% across England’s towns; 27% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Battlesbridge has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlesbridge | 372 | — | 58.4 | 36% | 15% |
| Hullbridge | 5,709 | 1.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Runwell | 8,086 | 2.1 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 30% |
| Wickford | 27,533 | 2.1 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 30% |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 16,029 | 2.2 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Rayleigh | 32,383 | 2.9 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| North Benfleet | 1,765 | 3.9 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 15,430 | 4.1 mi | 47 | 24% | 28% |
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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 Battlesbridge’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 Battlesbridge’s residents
What is the population of Battlesbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 372 people in Battlesbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Battlesbridge?
The median age was 58.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Battlesbridge?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Battlesbridge?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.4% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Battlesbridge good for families?
15% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Battlesbridge’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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