Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0In Badshot Lea, 9.7% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 84% of UK towns
The median age in Badshot Lea is 41.3, lower than in 73% of UK towns. The village counted 1,883 residents and 824 households at the 2021 Census. Across Badshot Lea, 15% of households live in a terraced house. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 88%, below 71% of UK towns.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Badshot Lea, less than in 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: 8.1% of residents. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 73% of UK towns: 11%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
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.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of UK towns, at 13%
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 Badshot Lea, 43% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 4.7% of adults are full-time students. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
Badshot Lea ranks above 70% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 2.8%
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.
The typical household size is 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For Badshot Lea, the census puts one-person households at 29%. Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 27% of households have dependent children. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
More households in detached houses than 72% of UK towns: 38%
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
Census figures put households in flats at 11% in Badshot Lea. The wider picture: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Badshot Lea ranks above 72% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 9.6%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.7%) or in the Middle East and Asia (3.2%). On residents whose main language is English, Badshot Lea sits lower than 59% of UK towns: 97%. Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 13%.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 54% of UK towns, at 49%
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: 88% of Badshot Lea · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 42%, Badshot Lea is ahead of 54% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.7%), Pakistani (1.7%) and Mixed or multiple (1.4%).
In Badshot Lea, 7.5% of residents give unpaid care, 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
With married adults and civil partners at 47%, Badshot Lea is behind 58% of UK towns on that count. Locally, 35% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. The benchmark for unpaid carers across England’s towns: 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: 38% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Badshot Lea counts 38% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Badshot Lea sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badshot Lea | 1,883 | — | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 1 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 1.3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 2.1 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 2.5 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 3.5 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 4.1 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Normandy | 1,665 | 4.2 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 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 Badshot Lea’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 Badshot Lea’s residents
What is the population of Badshot Lea?
The 2021 Census counted 1,883 people in Badshot Lea’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Badshot Lea?
The median age was 41.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Badshot Lea?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Badshot Lea?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.3% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Badshot Lea good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Badshot Lea’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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