Luthers · Photo: Hjamesberglen · CC BY-SA 4.037% of households have dependent children, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Sewardstone comes in at 5.4%. 721 residents in 240 households: that is Sewardstone at the 2021 Census. Here, 67% of residents describe themselves as White British. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are common here: 41%, more than in 92% of UK towns.
In Sewardstone, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 9.2% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Sewardstone. The median age here is 43.8, lower than in 55% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Sewardstone ranks above 95% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 14%
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%.
4.7% of adults are full-time students; across England’s towns the figure is 7.9%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people each 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.
One-person households: 26%, below 81% of UK towns. The census found that 4.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Sewardstone.
More households in flats than 66% of UK towns: 14%
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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 21% in Sewardstone. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 26%.
Sewardstone sits above 81% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (13%)
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 figure for residents whose main language is English is 95% in Sewardstone and 90% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%).
In Sewardstone, 33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 89% 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: 67% of Sewardstone · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (8.5%), Mixed or multiple (6.4%) and Pakistani (4.6%). Sewardstone has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 82% of UK towns, at 44%. The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Sewardstone sits below 89% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (41%)
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 16. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Higher than in 70% of UK towns: 10% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Sewardstone counts 23% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 31% have no qualification (18%).
Older than Sewardstone: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewardstone | 721 | — | 43.8 | 23% | 37% |
| Waltham Abbey | 18,645 | 1.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 31% |
| Waltham Cross | 11,936 | 2 mi | 36.4 | 13% | 33% |
| Buckhurst Hill | 11,749 | 3.2 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 31% |
| Loughton | 33,338 | 3.3 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 32% |
| Cheshunt | 43,694 | 3.6 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 32% |
| Enfield | 329,822 | 3.7 mi | 37.5 | 14% | 38% |
| Theydon Bois | 3,540 | 4.3 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 28% |
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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 Sewardstone’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 Sewardstone’s residents
What is the population of Sewardstone?
The 2021 Census counted 721 people in Sewardstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sewardstone?
The median age was 43.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sewardstone?
67% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sewardstone?
33% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 11% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Sewardstone good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sewardstone’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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