Photo: Glyn Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 5.7%, a lower share than 97% of UK towns
With one-person households at 22%, Rawreth is behind 94% of UK towns on that count. Census day 2021: 302 residents and 129 households locally. The share of households without a car or van stands at 7.1%. 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, a higher share than in 77% of UK towns.
Older than 71% of UK towns: half of Rawreth is over 47.4
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5.3%
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%.
In Rawreth, 5.5% of adults are full-time students, beside 7.9% across England’s towns. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 77% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
More households with dependent children than in 57% of UK towns: 28%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.3% in Rawreth.
Rawreth ranks below 71% of UK towns on households in flats: 7.3%
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
Here 22% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 3%, a lower share than 91% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (1%) and in the rest of Europe (1%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language.
44% of residents said they have no religion, a share 73% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Rawreth · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. 1.3% of residents said their religion is Muslim.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 66% of UK towns: 50%
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
Some 17 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 33% here, more than in 53% of UK towns. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 9.5%, about the same as across England’s towns.
17% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 17% of Rawreth’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 25% have no qualification (18%).
Rawreth sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawreth | 302 | — | 47.4 | 25% | 28% |
| Hullbridge | 5,709 | 1.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 23% |
| Wickford | 27,533 | 2.1 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 30% |
| Rayleigh | 32,383 | 2.1 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 29% |
| Runwell | 8,086 | 2.4 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 30% |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 16,029 | 2.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 29% |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 49,886 | 3.3 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 27% |
| North Benfleet | 1,765 | 3.3 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 25% |
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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 Rawreth’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 Rawreth’s residents
What is the population of Rawreth?
The 2021 Census counted 302 people in Rawreth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rawreth?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rawreth?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rawreth?
44% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 8.3% didn’t answer.
Is Rawreth good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rawreth’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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