Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.3%
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 8.4% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. 23% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 53% here, more than in 92% of UK towns. There were 384 households in Tillingham at the 2021 Census, home to 968 residents.
Half of Tillingham is over 46.9, older than 68% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23%, above 62% of UK towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
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.
In Tillingham, 2.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer 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%.
Where 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, Tillingham has 5.2%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Tillingham households average 2.5 people, larger than in 88% 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.
Nothing unusual on households with dependent children: 29%, close to the figure across England’s towns. In Tillingham, 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Below 85% of UK towns: 11% of households live in a terraced 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Tillingham comes in at 11%.
Fewer residents born abroad than 99% of UK towns: 1.8%
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
Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 100% in Tillingham. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1%) and in Africa (0.3%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher White British share than 96% of UK towns: 97% of residents
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: 97% of Tillingham · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (1.8%), Indian (0.4%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are common here: 43%, more than in 66% of UK towns. 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 87% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Tillingham. On the census count, just over one in ten residents give unpaid care. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Tillingham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
5 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Tillingham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillingham | 968 | — | 46.9 | 23% | 29% |
| Ramsey Island | 1,139 | 2.7 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 24% |
| Southminster | 4,548 | 3.2 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 29% |
| Tollesbury | 2,811 | 4.8 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Mayland | 3,740 | 5.3 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 26% |
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 7,806 | 5.3 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 23% |
| West Mersea | 7,071 | 6 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 17% |
| Latchingdon | 1,140 | 6.9 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 35% |
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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 Tillingham’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 Tillingham’s residents
What is the population of Tillingham?
The 2021 Census counted 968 people in Tillingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tillingham?
The median age was 46.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tillingham?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 1.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tillingham?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Tillingham good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tillingham’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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