Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0High Roding ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 3.6%
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in High Roding comes in at 18%. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 35% here, more than in 94% of UK towns. The village’s 227 households held 581 residents at the 2021 Census. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% of the total.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 87% of UK towns: 16%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 70% of UK towns: 9.1%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. With a median age of 41.7, High Roding is younger than 71% of UK towns.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 90% of UK towns, at 3.8%
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%.
In High Roding, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Larger households than 95% of UK towns: 2.6 people 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; High Roding has 3.1%.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 88% of UK towns: 11%
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 in detached houses: 44%, above 82% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. Across High Roding, 5.8% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in High Roding, more than in 99% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 85% of UK towns: 3.4% of residents were born outside the UK.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 55% of UK towns: 50%
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 High Roding · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (2.4%), Other White (1.6%) and Indian (0.5%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 41% here and 37% across England’s towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns: 56%
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
The share of unpaid carers is 6.8%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across High Roding, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
High Roding’s adults: 31% with a degree-level qualification and 14% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Nearby, 5 of 7 towns have older populations than High Roding
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 Roding | 581 | — | 41.7 | 16% | 35% |
| Great Dunmow | 10,395 | 3.3 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 5,553 | 3.3 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 39% |
| Little Dunmow | 2,644 | 4.4 mi | 32.2 | 5.5% | 57% |
| Felsted | 1,233 | 5.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Hatfield Heath | 1,789 | 5.2 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 32% |
| Stebbing | 1,061 | 5.8 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 30% |
| Little Hallingbury | 1,434 | 6.5 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 34% |
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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 Roding’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 Roding’s residents
What is the population of High Roding?
The 2021 Census counted 581 people in High Roding’s built-up area.
What is the average age in High Roding?
The median age was 41.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is High Roding?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in High Roding?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is High Roding good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on High Roding’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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