Photo: Geographer · CC BY-SA 2.049% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 91% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Tye Green, 9%. At the 2021 Census Tye Green was home to 1,415 people in 613 households. The share of one-person households stands at 26%. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 14%, fewer than in 76% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Tye Green’s people
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 44% 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).
A median age of 43.1: Tye Green is younger than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Tye Green has 23%. In Frinton-on-Sea, the oldest of Essex’s towns by this measure, it is 46%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Tye Green, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% 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%.
By class, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 25% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
More shared houses than 79% of UK towns: 3.1% of households
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.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 26% in Tye Green. The average household has 2.3 people. Across England’s towns, shared households of unrelated adults come to 4.3%.
Fewer car-free households than 54% of UK towns: 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 Tye Green, 10% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. On average, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. For Tye Green, the census puts households in detached houses at 29%.
Tye Green ranks below 56% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 97%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.7%) and in Africa (1.3%). To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Tye Green comes in at 6.5%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 44%, a lower share than 82% 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: 91% of Tye Green · Essex’s towns 83% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Tye Green, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. Against that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and African (0.9%).
More adults who have never married than 63% of UK towns: 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
47% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 49.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 23% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
23% of Tye Green’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 19% have none (18%).
Older than Tye Green: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tye Green | 1,415 | — | 43.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Black Notley | 1,932 | 0.9 mi | 42.5 | 17% | 35% |
| Silver End | 3,913 | 1.7 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 33% |
| Braintree | 43,179 | 1.9 mi | 40 | 18% | 30% |
| Great Notley | 7,659 | 2.4 mi | 41.6 | 16% | 38% |
| Rayne | 2,169 | 3.5 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 29% |
| Great Leighs | 2,968 | 3.8 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 40% |
| Witham | 27,395 | 4.4 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 30% |
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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 Tye Green’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 Tye Green’s residents
What is the population of Tye Green?
The 2021 Census counted 1,415 people in Tye Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tye Green?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tye Green?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 83% across Essex’s towns. 6.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tye Green?
49% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Tye Green good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tye Green’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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