Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 56: Ash Green is older than 97% of UK towns
Married adults and civil partners: 64%, above 99% of UK towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 3.8% in Ash Green. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. 563 residents in 235 households: that is Ash Green at the 2021 Census.
Ash Green ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 33%, against 18% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students make up 2.9% in Ash Green, 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 47% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. On the census count, 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Ash Green ranks below 97% of UK towns on one-person households: 20%
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.
Households in Ash Green hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). 4.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 95% of UK towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 78%
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 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Ash Green comes in at 5.4%. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
More residents born abroad than 65% of UK towns: 8.2% in Ash Green
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2%). On residents whose main language is English, Ash Green sits higher than three fifths of UK towns: 98%. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%.
Ash Green sits above 97% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (62%)
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 Ash Green · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Indian (1.8%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 30% here, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 90%, below 61% of UK towns.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 20%
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
One in ten residents give unpaid care, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 14 people. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of adults in Ash Green (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 16% (England’s towns: 18%).
The towns around Ash Green are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Green | 563 | — | 56 | 33% | 20% |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 1.7 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Normandy | 1,665 | 1.9 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 25% |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 2.2 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Badshot Lea | 1,883 | 2.4 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 3.5 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 3.6 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 3.7 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
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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 Ash 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 Ash Green’s residents
What is the population of Ash Green?
The 2021 Census counted 563 people in Ash Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ash Green?
The median age was 56 at the 2021 Census. 6.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 33% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ash Green?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ash Green?
30% said they had no religion and 62% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Ash Green good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ash 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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