Photo: Glyn Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Latchingdon sits above 93% of UK towns for households with dependent children (35%)
15% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,140 residents in 470 households. Households without a car or van account for 7.9%. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Latchingdon’s people
A village of families
35% of Latchingdon’s 470 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
More with no religion than most
48% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 45% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Many carers
121 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 92% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 41.6: Latchingdon is younger than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 8.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. On residents aged 15 to 24, Latchingdon sits higher than 77% of UK towns: 11%.
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.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 85% of UK towns, at 6.9%
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%.
In Latchingdon, 31% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.5% in the village.
Latchingdon ranks below 83% of UK towns on one-person households: 26%
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 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Latchingdon ranks below 63% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 17%
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
For Latchingdon, the census puts households in flats at 10%. On households in detached houses, Latchingdon sits higher than 50% of UK towns: 29%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 90% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 80% of UK towns.
Latchingdon sits above 89% of UK towns for residents with no religion (48%)
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: 93% of Latchingdon · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
45% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. On the census count, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.
A higher share of unpaid carers than 92% of UK towns, at 11%
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
39 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 63% of UK towns. On average, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married: 33%, above 53% of UK towns.
21% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Latchingdon’s adults: 21% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
6 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Latchingdon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latchingdon | 1,140 | — | 41.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Mayland | 3,740 | 1.8 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Cold Norton | 1,161 | 2.3 mi | 51 | 24% | 27% |
| Canewdon | 1,216 | 3.7 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 38% |
| Southminster | 4,548 | 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 29% |
| Maldon | 23,389 | 4.5 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 7,806 | 4.7 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 23% |
| Ashingdon | 6,490 | 4.9 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 26% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Latchingdon’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 Latchingdon’s residents
What is the population of Latchingdon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,140 people in Latchingdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Latchingdon?
The median age was 41.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Latchingdon?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 3.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Latchingdon?
48% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Latchingdon good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Latchingdon’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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