Photo: Terryjoyce · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 73%
7.6% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. For Bicknacre, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 60%. One-person households are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns. The village had 2,277 residents and 912 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.2.
A median age of 48.2: Bicknacre is older than 75% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 12%. No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 84% of UK towns: 4% of adults are full-time students
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 41% of Bicknacre’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 17%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. At 7%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is lower than in 85% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
2.5 people per household, more than in 87% 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.
The share of households with dependent children is 26%, against 29% across England’s towns. On the census count, 2.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 5.2%
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
Here 6.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
In Bicknacre, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 71% 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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 4.9%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, nine in ten residents have English as their main language. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Above 75% of UK towns: 54% 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: 95% of Bicknacre · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
95% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 83% across Essex’s towns and 73% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Locally, 39% of residents said they have no religion.
25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 91% 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
At 8.8%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Set beside that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 52 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 30%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 30% of adults in Bicknacre, 34% across England’s towns; 15% have no qualification, against 18%.
Bicknacre and its 7 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bicknacre | 2,277 | — | 48.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Danbury | 6,196 | 1.7 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 28% |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 16,029 | 3.7 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Cold Norton | 1,161 | 4.1 mi | 51 | 24% | 27% |
| Galleywood | 6,410 | 4.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Boreham | 3,561 | 4.9 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Maldon | 23,389 | 5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Hullbridge | 5,709 | 5.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Bicknacre’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 Bicknacre’s residents
What is the population of Bicknacre?
The 2021 Census counted 2,277 people in Bicknacre’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bicknacre?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bicknacre?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bicknacre?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Bicknacre good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bicknacre’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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.