Photo: mym · CC BY-SA 2.0Langley sits below 99% of UK towns for one-person households (14%)
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.7% in Langley and 12% across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners: 64% of the total. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 57% of households live in a detached house. The village is home to 376 residents in 147 households, by the 2021 Census.
A median age of 50.4: Langley is older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 9.9% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 25%.
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.
Langley ranks below 99% of UK towns on full-time students: 2.9%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Langley, 47% and 12%. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
Langley households average 2.5 people, larger than in 90% 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.
At 3.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%.
Langley ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 3.4%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 13% in Langley. Census figures put households in flats at 0.7% locally.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 98% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.7%) and in Africa (2.1%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. In Langley, 6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, beside 18% across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 67% of UK towns: 53%
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: 91% of Langley · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Chinese (0.5%). Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Compared with 73% across England’s towns, just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British here.
Langley sits below 97% of UK towns for adults who have never married (23%)
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 6 people. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Langley sits lower than two thirds of UK towns: 8.7%.
Qualified to degree level: 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 44% of adults in Langley, 34% across England’s towns; 9% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Langley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley | 376 | — | 50.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Newport | 2,945 | 4.6 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 32% |
| Buntingford | 7,877 | 6.2 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 35% |
| Saffron Walden | 16,609 | 6.3 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Great Chesterford | 1,775 | 6.4 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Royston | 17,443 | 6.7 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 29% |
| Fowlmere | 1,295 | 6.9 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 31% |
| Melbourn | 4,907 | 7.1 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Langley’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 Langley’s residents
What is the population of Langley?
The 2021 Census counted 376 people in Langley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langley?
The median age was 50.4 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langley?
91% 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 Langley?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Langley good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langley’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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