Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Frating Green ranks above 95% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 36%
70% of households live in a detached house (England’s towns: 21%). The census found that 4.9% of households have no car or van in Frating Green. On residents aged 65 and over, Frating Green sits lower than 92% of UK towns: 14%. At the 2021 Census, 366 people lived here, in 141 households.
Half of Frating Green is under 37.4, younger than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Frating Green sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, about the same as across England’s towns. In Frinton-on-Sea, the oldest of Essex’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 23%
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%.
There is little gap on full-time students: 7.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.6 people per household, more than in 96% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.8%), Frating Green is above 71% of UK towns. 26% of households are one person living alone.
Only 2.8% of households live in a terraced house in Frating Green
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
In Frating Green, 4.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
3% born outside the UK, fewer than in 91% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.9%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (0.8%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% of UK towns.
45% of residents said they have no religion, a share 77% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Frating Green · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Across Frating Green, 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more than in 66% 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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care here. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
29% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Frating Green counts 29% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.7% have no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 24% is A levels, often students still at university.
No nearby town is as young as Frating Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frating Green | 366 | — | 37.4 | 14% | 36% |
| Great Bentley | 1,746 | 1.6 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Alresford | 2,462 | 2 mi | 46.2 | 27% | 26% |
| Elmstead Market | 1,767 | 2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 25% |
| Thorrington | 1,427 | 2 mi | 52.1 | 31% | 25% |
| Wivenhoe | 7,354 | 3.3 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 25% |
| Weeley | 1,285 | 3.5 mi | 52 | 31% | 22% |
| Brightlingsea | 8,678 | 3.9 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 24% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Frating Green’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 Frating Green’s residents
What is the population of Frating Green?
The 2021 Census counted 366 people in Frating Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Frating Green?
The median age was 37.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Frating Green?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Frating Green?
45% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 9.3% didn’t answer.
Is Frating Green good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Frating Green’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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