Parish Church of St Mary · Photo: Steven Duhig · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 3.2%
Set against 30% across England’s towns, 21% of households are one person living alone in High Easter. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 720, in 282 households. The census found that 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment locally. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns.
Older than 89% of UK towns: half of High Easter is over 51
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in High Easter.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns: 6.4%
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%.
Full-time students make up 4.9%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
High Easter households average 2.6 people, larger than in 94% 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.
Households with dependent children: 24% here and 29% across England’s towns. 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns.
In High Easter, 4.2% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 61% in High Easter. On average, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
High Easter ranks above 74% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (2.4%) and in EU countries (1.9%). More residents born outside the UK than in 56% of UK towns: 6.9%. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
High Easter ranks above 79% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 55%
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: 90% of High Easter · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 90%, against 73% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Bangladeshi (0.7%).
62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Adults who have never married make up 27%, against 39% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 9.5%, more than in 53% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 17 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Among adults, 35% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around High Easter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Easter | 720 | — | 51 | 21% | 24% |
| Great Dunmow | 10,395 | 4.4 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Little Dunmow | 2,644 | 4.4 mi | 32.2 | 5.5% | 57% |
| Felsted | 1,233 | 4.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 5,553 | 5.2 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 39% |
| Little Waltham | 1,038 | 5.4 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Broomfield | 3,491 | 5.6 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Writtle | 4,703 | 6.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
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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 High Easter’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 High Easter’s residents
What is the population of High Easter?
The 2021 Census counted 720 people in High Easter’s built-up area.
What is the average age in High Easter?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is High Easter?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in High Easter?
33% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is High Easter good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on High Easter’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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