Photo: Jonathan Hutchins · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Box Hill is over 65.2, older than 99% of UK towns
Here 1.8% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. More residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 93% of UK towns: 59%. The 2021 Census counted 1,271 residents in 723 households. One-person households: 47% of the total.
What the Census says about Box Hill’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Box Hill’s residents are under 65.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 50% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Many carers
167 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 50%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 70–74: 13% of residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.1% of the total. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Box Hill sits below 99% of UK towns for full-time students (3%)
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%.
5.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 6.6%, a lower share than 99% 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.
At 1.7 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Set beside that, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 1.9% of the total.
Fewer households in flats than 89% of UK towns: 3.8%
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 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Box Hill comes in at 10%. For households in flats, the comparison across England’s towns is 23%. Households in detached houses account for 35%.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 81% of UK towns, at 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK in Box Hill comes in at 8.8%. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.6%), then in Africa (2.1%).
A lower share of residents with no religion than 89% of UK towns, at 32%
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: 92% of Box Hill · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.6%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Box Hill sits lower than 53% of UK towns: 92%. Residents with no religion make up 37% across England’s towns.
Box Hill sits above 99% of UK towns for unpaid carers (13%)
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
For 64 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Lower than in 98% of UK towns: 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across the comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. In Box Hill, 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Box Hill, 25% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 27% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every neighbour of Box Hill has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Hill | 1,271 | — | 65.2 | 50% | 6.6% |
| Brockham | 2,206 | 1.7 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 2.7 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Leatherhead | 11,482 | 3.7 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 26% |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 3.7 mi | 46.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Westcott | 2,275 | 4 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Reigate | 23,774 | 4 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 35% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Box Hill’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 Box Hill’s residents
What is the population of Box Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 1,271 people in Box Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Box Hill?
The median age was 65.2 at the 2021 Census. 4.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 50% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Box Hill?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Box Hill?
32% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Box Hill good for families?
6.6% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Box Hill’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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