Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.014% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of UK towns
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Chrishall comes in at 64%. The village had 341 residents and 132 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 47.2. 3.8% of households have no car or van. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
Chrishall is older than 70% of UK towns: a median age of 47.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 45–49: one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Across Chrishall, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 54% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Chrishall sits below 74% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 9.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Chrishall. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 97% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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 4.3% across England’s towns, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 30% here, more than in 76% of UK towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns: 2.3%
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 share of households in terraced houses is 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
98% of residents have English as their main language, a share 62% of UK towns don’t reach
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
In Chrishall, 7.4% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in Africa (3.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 53% in Chrishall, more than in 73% 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: 93% of Chrishall · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
On residents with no religion, 37% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 93% here, more than in 54% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Caribbean (0.3%).
26% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 89% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 7.9%, from the figure across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 7.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 56%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
56% of Chrishall’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 6.4% have none (18%).
Chrishall and its 7 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrishall | 341 | — | 47.2 | 21% | 30% |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 4.2 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 31% |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 4.6 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Duxford | 2,216 | 4.7 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 5 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 27% |
| Royston | 17,443 | 5.5 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 29% |
| Newport | 2,945 | 5.6 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Whittlesford | 1,608 | 5.7 mi | 48 | 24% | 29% |
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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 Chrishall’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 Chrishall’s residents
What is the population of Chrishall?
The 2021 Census counted 341 people in Chrishall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chrishall?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chrishall?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chrishall?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.7% didn’t answer.
Is Chrishall good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chrishall’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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