Photo: John Myers · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults make up 1.2% in Roxwell, less than in 98% of UK towns
In Roxwell, 12% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. 387 residents in 163 households: that is Roxwell at the 2021 Census. Here, one in ten households have no car or van. Few places have as many residents with no religion: 45% here, more than in nearly four fifths of UK towns.
A median age of 46.7: Roxwell is older than 66% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, about the same as across England’s towns. On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.1% in Roxwell, less than in 96% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Roxwell, 5.3%. On average, just over one in ten 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.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 74% 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.
Households in Roxwell hold 2.4 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). In Roxwell, 31% of households have dependent children. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 93% of UK towns: 3.1% of households live in a flat or apartment
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: 23%, above 64% of UK towns.
Below 74% of UK towns: 96% of residents have English as their main language
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.4%) or in Africa (1.6%). Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Roxwell has 6.2%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91% in Roxwell, less than in 59% 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: 91% of Roxwell · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents said their religion is Muslim. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Roxwell, 48%.
More married adults and civil partners than 68% of UK towns: 51%
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Roxwell comes in at 30%. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. For 4 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. At 8.6%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 71% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 22% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 22% of its adults qualified to degree level, Roxwell compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Roxwell
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxwell | 387 | — | 46.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Writtle | 4,703 | 2.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 22% |
| Broomfield | 3,491 | 4.1 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Chelmsford | 110,612 | 4.4 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Blackmore | 1,167 | 4.7 mi | 51.9 | 27% | 24% |
| Little Waltham | 1,038 | 4.9 mi | 50.4 | 27% | 25% |
| Galleywood | 6,410 | 5.4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Ingatestone | 5,411 | 5.9 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Roxwell’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 Roxwell’s residents
What is the population of Roxwell?
The 2021 Census counted 387 people in Roxwell’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Roxwell?
The median age was 46.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Roxwell?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Roxwell?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 3.6% didn’t answer.
Is Roxwell good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Roxwell’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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