Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Nevendon ranks below 99% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 0.6%
Flats are home to 1.1% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census, 490 people lived in Nevendon, in 180 households. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone here. On shared households of unrelated adults, Nevendon sits higher than 98% of UK towns: 8.3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% in Nevendon, less than in 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. On top of that, the median age in Nevendon is 47.6, higher than in 72% of UK towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Nevendon, 2.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 99% 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%.
Here 5.2% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Nevendon households average 2.7 people, larger than in 98% 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.
Locally, 27% of households have dependent children.
73% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% 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
6.7% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Nevendon, 3.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 85% 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
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
Only 83% of residents describe themselves as White British in Nevendon
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: 83% of Nevendon · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
36% of residents said they have no religion (England’s towns: 37%). As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across Nevendon, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
11% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 83% 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
The share of adults who have never married is 34%, against 39% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 22 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 15%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 15% of its adults qualified to degree level, Nevendon compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 41% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Nevendon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevendon | 490 | — | 47.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Wickford | 27,533 | 1 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 30% |
| North Benfleet | 1,765 | 1.6 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 25% |
| Runwell | 8,086 | 2 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 30% |
| Crays Hill | 1,218 | 2.4 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 23% |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 49,886 | 3 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 27% |
| Basildon | 115,935 | 3.1 mi | 36.6 | 14% | 34% |
| Rayleigh | 32,383 | 3.5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Nevendon’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 Nevendon’s residents
What is the population of Nevendon?
The 2021 Census counted 490 people in Nevendon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nevendon?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nevendon?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 3.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nevendon?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Nevendon good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nevendon’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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