Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of UK towns: 7.5%
In Bagshot, nearly a fifth of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. Locally, just over four in five residents describe themselves as White British. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 78% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 5,930, in 2,528 households.
Bagshot’s population changed by +13% since 2011, more than in 70% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Bagshot’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 5,600 people in 2011; 6,300 in 2024.
No year added more people than mid-2011 to mid-2012: 280. Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+37%) and 16 to 29 least (+2%).
A median age of 43.1: Bagshot is younger than 61% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Bagshot, 43.1. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Below 89% of UK towns: 3.8% of adults are full-time students
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Bagshot has 44% and 17%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 9%.
Bagshot sits above 69% of UK towns for 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.
At 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. More households with dependent children than in 73% of UK towns: 30%. Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%.
16% of households live in a terraced house, below 70% 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
The share of households in detached houses tops 55% of UK towns: 31%. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 15% in Bagshot, more than in 86% of UK towns
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (5.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.7%). As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 78% of UK towns: 95%. Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 10%.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 62% of UK towns: 39%
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: 81% of Bagshot · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (8%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Indian (2.4%). Bagshot has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 57% of UK towns, at 51%. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 7.4%, a lower share than 93% 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 103 residents. The usual figure: nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Bagshot has fewer adults who have never married than 61% of UK towns, at 31%. 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 49% here.
Qualified to degree level: 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Bagshot, 37%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people: this is the 189th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Bagshot in age: Southminster (43.1), Stokenchurch (43.1), Holywell (43.1) and Thornton (43.2).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Bagshot
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagshot | 5,930 | — | 43.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 1.2 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 26% |
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 1.7 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 29% |
| Camberley | 36,787 | 2.4 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 31% |
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | 2.7 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 37% |
| Ascot | 24,003 | 3.1 mi | 45.6 | 20% | 31% |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 3.4 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 3.6 mi | 34.4 | 8.3% | 40% |
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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 Bagshot’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Bagshot’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 6,083 people in 2021, against 5,930 in the built-up area.
- 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 Bagshot’s residents
What is the population of Bagshot?
The 2021 Census counted 5,930 people in Bagshot’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 6,300 people in mid-2024, 13% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Bagshot?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 61% of UK towns. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bagshot?
81% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bagshot?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.3% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Bagshot good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bagshot’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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