Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 41%
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Abinger Common, 2.8. The village counted 290 residents and 103 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 3.9% of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, households in flats are scarce here: 1%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Below 93% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 46, Abinger Common is older than just over three fifths of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. 19% of residents are 65 or over. No age band is larger than 10–14: 9.3% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Abinger Common, 3.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 93% 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%.
In Abinger Common, 2.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Abinger Common sits below 99% of UK towns for one-person households (12%)
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (1.9%), Abinger Common is below 72% of UK towns. The share of one-person households across England’s towns is 30%.
In Abinger Common, 1.9% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
49% of households live in a detached house; across England’s towns the figure is 21%. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Abinger Common sits above 85% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)
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 (3.1%) and in Africa (2.8%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns. 10% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 74% of UK towns.
Above 79% of UK towns: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 Abinger Common · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Abinger Common has 36%. What’s more, 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 55% of UK towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.3%).
Abinger Common: 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 99% 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
9 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Abinger Common has fewer adults who have never married than 92% of UK towns, at 25%. Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Among adults, 48% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Abinger Common’s adults: 48% with a degree-level qualification and 8.1% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Nearby, 4 of 7 towns have older populations than Abinger Common
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abinger Common | 290 | — | 46 | 19% | 41% |
| Westcott | 2,275 | 2.4 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 2.4 mi | 46 | 19% | 32% |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 3.6 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Ewhurst | 1,517 | 3.7 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 24% |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 3.9 mi | 51 | 28% | 21% |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 5 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Cranleigh | 10,430 | 5.3 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 26% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Surrey’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Surrey (or England), summed the same way as Abinger Common’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 Abinger Common’s residents
What is the population of Abinger Common?
The 2021 Census counted 290 people in Abinger Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Abinger Common?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Abinger Common?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Abinger Common?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Abinger Common good for families?
41% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Abinger Common’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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