Photo: Imagosuk at English Wikipedia · Public domainResidents who describe themselves as Christian: 56%, a higher share than 84% of UK towns
Households in flats make up 16%, against 23% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 5,411 residents in 2,354 households. Locally, 14% of households live in a terraced house. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 83% of UK towns: 1.7%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 69% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Ingatestone’s residents are over 45.8, older than in three in five UK towns. In Ingatestone, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ingatestone, 45.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 79% of UK towns: 4.1% 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%.
45% of Ingatestone’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The town has more residents who moved in within the year than 72% of UK towns, at 9.9%. Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%.
Households with dependent children: 27%, a lower share than 58% 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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. More one-person households than in 62% of UK towns: 31%. Elsewhere, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Below 63% of UK towns: 13% of households have no car or van
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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Ingatestone has 31%. One household in 8 has no car or van.
In Ingatestone, 7.6% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 61% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 13%. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in Africa (1.7%).
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 70% of UK towns: 88%
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: 88% of Ingatestone · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (1.2%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 80% of UK towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns: 31%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Ingatestone has 49%. 8.9% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 62% of UK towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Ingatestone, 15%, while 35% hold one at degree level (34%).
516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people: this is the 248th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Ingatestone in age: Winslow (45.8), Fairford (45.8), Brayton (45.9) and Welton (45.9).
Ingatestone and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingatestone | 5,411 | — | 45.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Stock | 1,573 | 3 mi | 56.5 | 36% | 21% |
| Billericay | 34,068 | 3.1 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 30% |
| Blackmore | 1,167 | 3.2 mi | 51.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Doddinghurst | 4,067 | 3.3 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 28% |
| Brentwood | 55,339 | 3.7 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Kelvedon Hatch | 2,493 | 4.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 29% |
| Ingrave and Herongate | 1,856 | 4.5 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 31% |
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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 Ingatestone’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 Ingatestone’s residents
What is the population of Ingatestone?
The 2021 Census counted 5,411 people in Ingatestone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ingatestone?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 60% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ingatestone?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 7.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ingatestone?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Ingatestone good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ingatestone’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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