Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0Lower Nazeing ranks below 91% of UK towns on one-person households: 24%
Asked about religion, 32% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Few places have so few households without a car or van: 8.9% here, fewer than in 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 3,631 people lived in Lower Nazeing, in 1,459 households. Locally, 25% of households have dependent children.
A median age of 49.3: Lower Nazeing is older than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. At 25%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 71% of UK towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 10%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Lower Nazeing, 49.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 68% of UK towns: 4.4%
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%.
11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 8.2% in Lower Nazeing. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Lower Nazeing households average 2.5 people, larger than in 89% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.3%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
11% of households live in a terraced house, below 86% 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
By its share of households in flats (6.2%), Lower Nazeing is below 77% of UK towns. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%. Households in detached houses: two fifths of the total.
Above 77% of UK towns: 11% of residents were born outside the UK
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
95% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (6.1%) and in Africa (1.7%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 92% of UK towns: 59% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 81% of Lower Nazeing · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (8.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Caribbean (1.3%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 81% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 85% of UK towns.
Lower Nazeing: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 76% of UK towns
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 adults who have never married is 39%; Lower Nazeing has 30%. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 85 residents. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Lower Nazeing counts 26% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 22% have no qualification (18%).
Among 530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people, the 151st oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 64.6 in Milford on Sea. Nearest to Lower Nazeing in age: Kingsbury (49.3), Bromham (49.3), Purton (49.3) and Great Lumley (49.4).
Lower Nazeing is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Nazeing | 3,631 | — | 49.3 | 25% | 25% |
| Hoddesdon | 40,615 | 1.7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 33% |
| Roydon | 1,587 | 2.5 mi | 48.3 | 22% | 25% |
| Cheshunt | 43,694 | 3.2 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 32% |
| Stanstead Abbotts | 3,754 | 3.5 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 25% |
| Waltham Abbey | 18,645 | 3.5 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 31% |
| Waltham Cross | 11,936 | 3.8 mi | 36.4 | 13% | 33% |
| Hertford Heath | 2,830 | 4 mi | 35.3 | 17% | 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 Lower Nazeing’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 Lower Nazeing’s residents
What is the population of Lower Nazeing?
The 2021 Census counted 3,631 people in Lower Nazeing’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Nazeing?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 82% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Nazeing?
81% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Nazeing?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Nazeing good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Nazeing’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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