Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Banstead sits above 93% of UK towns for households in flats (27%)
The figure for households in terraced houses is 9.8% in Banstead and 24% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion account for 33%. The median age in the town is 49.1, higher than in four fifths of UK towns. This Surrey town counted 8,929 residents and 3,694 households at the 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of UK towns, at 28%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 78% of UK towns: 8.9%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 7.5% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Banstead, 49.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 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.
8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 65% 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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.7% in Banstead. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
Banstead households average 2.3 people, larger than in 64% of UK towns
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.
Here 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. The share of households with dependent children stands at 28%. Fewer one-person households than in 51% of UK towns: 30%.
Households without a car or van make up 13% in Banstead, less than in 66% 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
Households in detached houses account for 30%. Typically, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns, at 11%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.2%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 66% of UK towns.
Above 84% of UK towns: 56% 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: 83% of Banstead · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (6%), Mixed or multiple (3.2%) and Indian (2%). Lower than in 81% of UK towns: 83% of residents describe themselves as White British. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Banstead, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 79% 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
206 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. The usual figure: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Banstead has more married adults and civil partners than 73% of UK towns, at 52%. Unpaid carers: 8.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
36% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
90th oldest of 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 28.4 in Tidworth to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Banstead in age: Princes Risborough (49), Ulverston (49.1), Aintree (49.2) and Horncastle (49.2).
A younger town than 1 of the 7 around it: Banstead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banstead | 8,929 | — | 49.1 | 28% | 28% |
| Chipstead and Woodmansterne | 4,523 | 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 18% | 34% |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | 1.7 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 32% |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 2.3 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Hooley | 1,010 | 2.9 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 3 mi | 46.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Sutton | 208,858 | 3.1 mi | 39.4 | 15% | 35% |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 3.1 mi | 39.6 | 15% | 35% |
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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 Banstead’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 Banstead’s residents
What is the population of Banstead?
The 2021 Census counted 8,929 people in Banstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Banstead?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 80% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Banstead?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Banstead?
33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Banstead good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Banstead’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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