Photo: PAUL FARMER · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 3.3% of households live in a terraced house
In Marks Tey, 53% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,817, in 747 households. The census found that just over a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in the village. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 94% of UK towns.
Half of Marks Tey is over 48.3, older than 76% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 6.4%, a lower share than 94% of UK towns
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 37% of Marks Tey’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 20%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 5% of adults are full-time students in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 85% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.1% here and 4.3% across England’s towns. Locally, 28% of households have dependent children.
Fewer flats than 92% of UK towns: 3.1% of households
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
The share of households without a car or van is 8.6%, against 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Marks Tey, more than in 79% 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
Here 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
More residents who describe themselves as White British than 64% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Marks Tey · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Marks Tey, just over two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.7%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 57% in Marks Tey, more than in 92% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 7.8%, about the same as across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 48. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 26% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 26% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Marks Tey
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marks Tey | 1,817 | — | 48.3 | 24% | 28% |
| Copford | 1,794 | 1.4 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 27% |
| Eight Ash Green | 1,769 | 2.6 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Coggeshall | 3,767 | 3.3 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 24% |
| Kelvedon and Feering | 4,771 | 3.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Tiptree | 9,302 | 4.3 mi | 48 | 27% | 25% |
| West Bergholt | 3,175 | 4.5 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 28% |
| Layer-de-la-Haye | 1,338 | 4.5 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 31% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Marks Tey’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 Marks Tey’s residents
What is the population of Marks Tey?
The 2021 Census counted 1,817 people in Marks Tey’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Marks Tey?
The median age was 48.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Marks Tey?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Marks Tey?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Marks Tey good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Marks Tey’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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