Photo: Peter S · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns, at 6.5%
44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 58% in Chipperfield. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,678, in 703 households. For Chipperfield, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.6%. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 52% here, more than in 91% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chipperfield’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Chipperfield’s residents are under 50.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 26% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Chipperfield is over 50.5, older than 87% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above 77% of UK towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 10% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 82% of UK towns: 7.2%
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%.
In Chipperfield, 44% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Here, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
Chipperfield households average 2.4 people, larger than in 79% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hertfordshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 27% of households are one person living alone here. Locally, 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Households in flats make up 7% in Chipperfield, less than in 72% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (16%), Chipperfield is below 70% of UK towns. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 64% of UK towns: 98%
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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 15% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
54% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 77% 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: 90% of Chipperfield · Hertfordshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90%, against 73% across England’s towns. Locally, 36% of residents said they have no religion. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Chipperfield, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 92% 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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 44 people. 9.7% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 61% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 38% of Chipperfield’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Chipperfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipperfield | 1,678 | — | 50.5 | 26% | 27% |
| Bovingdon | 5,313 | 2.2 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 28% |
| Abbots Langley and Kings Langley | 18,203 | 2.5 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Hemel Hempstead | 95,995 | 3.5 mi | 38.5 | 15% | 33% |
| Chorleywood | 12,632 | 3.8 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 35% |
| Little Chalfont | 6,506 | 4.2 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 38% |
| Rickmansworth | 26,290 | 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Potten End | 1,270 | 4.7 mi | 50.5 | 26% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hertfordshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hertfordshire (or England), summed the same way as Chipperfield’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 Chipperfield’s residents
What is the population of Chipperfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,678 people in Chipperfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chipperfield?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chipperfield?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across Hertfordshire’s towns. 6.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chipperfield?
36% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Chipperfield good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chipperfield’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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