Parsonage Farmhouse · Photo: Roger Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of one-person households than 98% of UK towns, at 20%
The share of households in terraced houses trails 87% of UK towns: 11%. Stebbing counted 1,061 residents and 426 households at the 2021 Census. Here, 2.6% of households live in a flat or apartment. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns.
Fewer young people than 90% of UK towns: 8.2% are 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Stebbing comes in at 25%. Half of the village’s residents are over 48.7, older than in 78% of UK towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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.
Stebbing ranks below 63% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.5%
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 take in just over two in five adults here, routine and semi-routine work 16% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9.3% in Stebbing.
Stebbing households average 2.5 people, larger than in 87% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults trails just over three quarters of UK towns: 1.9%. The census found that 30% of households have dependent children in Stebbing.
6.3% of households have no car or van, below 97% 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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, just over half of households live in a detached house in Stebbing. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
4.4% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 71% 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 EU countries (1.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%). Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in three quarters of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%, a higher share than 70% 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: 93% of Stebbing · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Stebbing, 93%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (0.6%).
Married adults and civil partners: 58%, a higher share than 96% of UK towns
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 23. Lower than in 84% of UK towns: 8% of residents give unpaid care. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 37% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Stebbing counts 37% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 14% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Stebbing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stebbing | 1,061 | — | 48.7 | 25% | 30% |
| Little Dunmow | 2,644 | 2.6 mi | 32.2 | 5.5% | 57% |
| Great Dunmow | 10,395 | 2.6 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 28% |
| Felsted | 1,233 | 3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 26% |
| Great Bardfield | 1,372 | 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 25% | 24% |
| Rayne | 2,169 | 4.7 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Thaxted | 3,111 | 4.7 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 29% |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 5,553 | 5.9 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 39% |
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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 Stebbing’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 Stebbing’s residents
What is the population of Stebbing?
The 2021 Census counted 1,061 people in Stebbing’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stebbing?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stebbing?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stebbing?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Stebbing good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stebbing’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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