Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.03.2% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
Here 2.1% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Stonebridge had 241 residents in 91 households at the 2021 Census. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 8.8% here. Just over a fifth of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 92% of UK towns.
A median age of 48.9: Stonebridge is older than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.9% in Stonebridge, less than in 99% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 7.7%, against 11% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Stonebridge
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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Above 88% of UK towns: 48% of households live in a detached house
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
The figure for households in flats is 8.4% in Stonebridge and 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
2.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 96% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%), then in Africa (1.2%).
47% of residents said they have no religion, a share 84% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 95% of Stonebridge · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Arab (1.2%) and Indian (0.4%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 44% here, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. In Stonebridge, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 35% in Stonebridge, more than in 68% 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 share of unpaid carers is 10%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 5 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
23% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Stonebridge, 16%, while 23% hold one at degree level (34%).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Stonebridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonebridge | 241 | — | 48.9 | 27% | 21% |
| Great Wakering | 6,774 | 1.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 30% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 182,295 | 2.4 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Rochford | 12,617 | 3.2 mi | 40.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Canewdon | 1,216 | 4.4 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 38% |
| Ashingdon | 6,490 | 4.4 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 26% |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 15,430 | 5.4 mi | 47 | 24% | 28% |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 7,806 | 5.8 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 23% |
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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 Stonebridge’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 Stonebridge’s residents
What is the population of Stonebridge?
The 2021 Census counted 241 people in Stonebridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Stonebridge?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Stonebridge?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 2.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Stonebridge?
47% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Stonebridge good for families?
21% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Stonebridge’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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