Craig Angus · Photo: Steve Knight · CC BY 4.0Silver End ranks above 88% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 33%
Half of Silver End’s residents are under 39.7, younger than in just over four in five UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 3,913 people lived locally, in 1,556 households. On the census count, 24% of households are one person living alone. By its share of households in flats (6.2%), Silver End is below 77% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Silver End’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 43% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Silver End has changed by +7%, slower than 54% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Silver End’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 3,600 people in 2011; 3,900 in 2024.
The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2019 to mid-2020: 110 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+46%) and the 16 to 29 least (−8%).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of UK towns: 9.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 30–34: 7.8% of residents. At 18%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 78% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Frinton-on-Sea, the oldest of Essex’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Silver End, 39.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Silver End sits below 85% of UK towns for full-time students (3.9%)
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Silver End has 28% and 28%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. In Silver End, 8.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Bigger households than 86% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns.
Silver End sits below 84% of UK towns for households in detached houses (15%)
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
In Silver End, just over a quarter of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns. At the same time, 6.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 77% of UK towns; 15% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Households without a car or van: 10% of the total.
More residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns: 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Compared with 18% across England’s towns, 5% of residents were born outside the UK here. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.1%) and in Africa (1.3%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
Silver End ranks above 90% of UK towns on residents with no religion: 49%
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: 93% of Silver End · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 43% here, fewer than in 85% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and African (0.6%).
A higher share of adults who have never married than 62% of UK towns, at 34%
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
Here 47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 111. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 21% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Silver End counts 21% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
530 UK towns of 3,000 to 5,000 people: this is the 58th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Milford on Sea (64.6). Nearest to Silver End in age: Roade (39.7), Silsoe (39.7), Teynham (39.7) and Bethesda (39.8).
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Silver End are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver End | 3,913 | — | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Tye Green | 1,415 | 1.7 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Black Notley | 1,932 | 2.4 mi | 42.5 | 17% | 35% |
| Coggeshall | 3,767 | 3.2 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 24% |
| Witham | 27,395 | 3.4 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 30% |
| Braintree | 43,179 | 3.4 mi | 40 | 18% | 30% |
| Kelvedon and Feering | 4,771 | 3.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Great Notley | 7,659 | 4.1 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 38% |
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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 Silver End’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Silver End’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,665 people in 2021, against 3,913 in the built-up area.
- 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 Silver End’s residents
What is the population of Silver End?
The 2021 Census counted 3,913 people in Silver End’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,900 people in mid-2024, 7% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Silver End?
The median age was 39.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 82% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Silver End?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Silver End?
49% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Silver End good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Silver End’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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