Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns: 7.1%
The share of households in detached houses tops 98% of UK towns: 66%. Adults who have never married account for 23%. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 951 people lived in Clavering, in 387 households.
Clavering is older than 87% of UK towns: a median age of 50.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Clavering, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. 55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s 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.
Full-time students make up 3.8% in Clavering, less than in 89% 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%.
Compared with 11% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier here. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students.
Fewer people live alone than in 97% of UK towns: 21% of households
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.
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For Clavering, the census puts households with dependent children at 25%. Higher than in 62% of UK towns: 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 97% of UK towns: 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
Households without a car or van make up 7.1%, against 24% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Clavering: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 85% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in Clavering it is 6.6%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 75% of UK towns: 54%
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 Clavering · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.3%). 39% of residents said they have no religion, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in Clavering and 73% across England’s towns.
63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 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
For 15 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. At 9%, the share of unpaid carers is in line with the figure across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Clavering counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
The towns around Clavering are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavering | 951 | — | 50.5 | 28% | 25% |
| Newport | 2,945 | 3 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Elsenham | 3,414 | 4.8 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 36% |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 8,629 | 5 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 34% |
| Henham | 1,046 | 5 mi | 48.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 5.7 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Bishop's Stortford | 40,916 | 6.9 mi | 40.2 | 15% | 33% |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 7.2 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 35% |
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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 Clavering’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 Clavering’s residents
What is the population of Clavering?
The 2021 Census counted 951 people in Clavering’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Clavering?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Clavering?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 6.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Clavering?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Clavering good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Clavering’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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