Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Sandon is over 51.8, older than 91% of UK towns
By its share of adults who have never married (24%), Sandon is below 96% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 249 residents in 105 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 4.8%. 1% of households live in a terraced house, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns.
Sandon: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Sandon. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.8% of adults are full-time students, more than in 81% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 46% of Sandon’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 15%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. The census found that 7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Sandon ranks below 90% of UK towns on one-person households: 24%
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.
In Sandon the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 5.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in the village. Lower than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 26% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses make up 68% in Sandon, 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
By its share of households in flats (8.7%), Sandon is below 62% of UK towns. On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Sandon ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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
The share of residents born outside the UK is 4.8%, against 18% across England’s towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (1.2%).
Sandon: 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 90% 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 Sandon · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 91%, against 73% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6%), African (1.6%) and Mixed or multiple (1.2%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 62%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 5 residents. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. More unpaid carers than in 65% of UK towns: 9.9%.
33% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Sandon, 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification, against 18%.
No nearby town is as old as Sandon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandon | 249 | — | 51.8 | 25% | 26% |
| Danbury | 6,196 | 1.9 mi | 50.6 | 28% | 28% |
| Bicknacre | 2,277 | 2.3 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 26% |
| Chelmsford | 110,612 | 2.9 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 30% |
| Galleywood | 6,410 | 3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 25% |
| Boreham | 3,561 | 3.2 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 28% |
| Broomfield | 3,491 | 4.9 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 27% |
| Hatfield Peverel | 3,622 | 4.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 24% |
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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 Sandon’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 Sandon’s residents
What is the population of Sandon?
The 2021 Census counted 249 people in Sandon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sandon?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sandon?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sandon?
39% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.4% didn’t answer.
Is Sandon good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sandon’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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