Photo: Michael Garlick · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 3.1%
Just over a fifth of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The median age in Peldon is 51.5, higher than in 91% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 567 residents here, living in 225 households. Here, 69% of households live in a detached house.
In Peldon, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.2%, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Peldon, 3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 91% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.3%, against 11% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 85% of UK towns: 23% in Peldon
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.
2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Average household size: 2.4 people. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 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
With households in terraced houses at 4%, Peldon is behind 98% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Only 2.1% of residents were born outside the UK in Peldon
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
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Peldon, 100%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.5%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
98% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 99% of UK towns
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: 98% of Peldon · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 47%, against 46% across England’s towns. In Peldon, 44% of residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%.
59% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 97% 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
19 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Fewer adults who have never married than in 89% of UK towns: 26%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. By its share of unpaid carers (11%), Peldon is above just over four fifths of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Peldon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have none (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Peldon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peldon | 567 | — | 51.5 | 28% | 23% |
| Langenhoe and Abberton | 1,010 | 1.7 mi | 53.4 | 31% | 22% |
| West Mersea | 7,071 | 2.5 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 17% |
| Layer-de-la-Haye | 1,338 | 2.8 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 31% |
| Berechurch | 7,702 | 3.6 mi | 35.7 | 13% | 35% |
| Rowhedge | 2,492 | 3.9 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 27% |
| Tollesbury | 2,811 | 4.2 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Wivenhoe | 7,354 | 4.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 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 Peldon’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 Peldon’s residents
What is the population of Peldon?
The 2021 Census counted 567 people in Peldon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Peldon?
The median age was 51.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Peldon?
98% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 2.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Peldon?
44% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Peldon good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Peldon’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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