Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Coggeshall is over 50.1, older than 85% of UK towns
27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). Locally, nearly a quarter of households have dependent children. Coggeshall has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 76% of UK towns, at 1.9%. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 3,767, in 1,714 households.
What the Census says about Coggeshall’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Coggeshall’s residents are under 50.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coggeshall, 50.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Below 67% of UK towns: 4.5% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 64% of UK towns: 8%. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.2 people per household, fewer than in 73% 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.
32% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%).
Coggeshall: 13% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 60% 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 share of households without a car or van is 15%, against 24% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Locally, 29% of households live in a detached house. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 67% of UK towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 80% of UK towns: 99%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.6%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Lower than in 63% of UK towns: 5.1% of residents were born outside the UK. Of residents born abroad, 12% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Coggeshall sits above 72% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (95%)
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 Coggeshall · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Coggeshall has 40%. The census found that 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian in the town. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Coggeshall ranks above 74% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 52%
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
98 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 9.3%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Among adults, 34% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 34% of adults in Coggeshall, 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification, against 18%.
121st oldest of 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Coggeshall in age: Eccleshall (50.1), Worlingham (50.1), Cricklade (50.1) and Kingswood (50.1).
Every nearby town is younger than Coggeshall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggeshall | 3,767 | — | 50.1 | 28% | 24% |
| Kelvedon and Feering | 4,771 | 2.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Silver End | 3,913 | 3.2 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Marks Tey | 1,817 | 3.3 mi | 48.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Earls Colne | 3,360 | 3.7 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 30% |
| Tye Green | 1,415 | 4.5 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Copford | 1,794 | 4.8 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 27% |
| Tiptree | 9,302 | 4.9 mi | 48 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Coggeshall’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 Coggeshall’s residents
What is the population of Coggeshall?
The 2021 Census counted 3,767 people in Coggeshall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coggeshall?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 85% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coggeshall?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coggeshall?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Coggeshall good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coggeshall’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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