Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0Pebmarsh is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 53.6
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Pebmarsh was home to 327 people in 148 households. A fifth of households have dependent children. The share of married adults and civil partners tops 87% of UK towns: 55%.
Pebmarsh sits below 70% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.2%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Pebmarsh has 24%. In Frinton-on-Sea, the oldest of Essex’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 4.3%
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 4.9% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.7%, a higher share than 95% 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.
Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; in Pebmarsh, 28%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
More detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 62% 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
Households in terraced houses make up 12%, against 24% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. Across Pebmarsh, 7.5% of households have no car or van.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 62% of UK towns: 5.2%
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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 98% of residents have English as their main language in Pebmarsh. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%).
Pebmarsh sits above 79% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (55%)
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 Pebmarsh · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.3%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. Lower than in just over two thirds of UK towns: 38% of residents said they have no religion. 93% of residents describe themselves as White British; across England’s towns the figure is 73%.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 89% of UK towns, at 26%
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
At 8.4%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 4 people.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Pebmarsh, 35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 13% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Pebmarsh, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pebmarsh | 327 | — | 53.6 | 24% | 20% |
| Earls Colne | 3,360 | 2.9 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 30% |
| Halstead | 13,902 | 3.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 28% |
| Bures | 1,183 | 3.5 mi | 48.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Castle Hedingham | 1,045 | 4.4 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 21% |
| Sible Hedingham | 4,261 | 4.5 mi | 41.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Gosfield | 1,453 | 4.9 mi | 55.5 | 34% | 21% |
| Sudbury | 23,922 | 5.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 25% |
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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 Pebmarsh’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 Pebmarsh’s residents
What is the population of Pebmarsh?
The 2021 Census counted 327 people in Pebmarsh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pebmarsh?
The median age was 53.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pebmarsh?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pebmarsh?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Pebmarsh good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pebmarsh’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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