Photo: Paul E Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Brockham is over 50.3, older than 86% of UK towns
Here nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 85% of UK towns. 2,206 residents in 930 households: that is Brockham at the 2021 Census. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 15%.
What the Census says about Brockham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Brockham’s residents are under 50.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Brockham comes in at 9.1%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 91% of UK towns: 6.6%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Brockham, 45% and 13%. 4.4% of adults are full-time students, a lower share than in 68% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A lower share of one-person households than 75% of UK towns, at 27%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Brockham, 2.4. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 2%. On households with dependent children, Brockham sits lower than 52% of UK towns: 27%. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Brockham ranks below 57% of UK towns on households in flats: 9.5%
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 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Brockham comes in at 31%. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 88% of UK towns: 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
The figure for residents born outside the UK is 5.7% in Brockham and 18% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%) or in EU countries (1.6%).
Above 62% of UK towns: 52% 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: 93% of Brockham · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (3.3%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Chinese (0.4%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 93%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in three fifths of UK towns. With residents with no religion at 40%, Brockham is behind 58% of UK towns on that count.
In Brockham, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 94% 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
39 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. At 9.3%, the share of unpaid carers is lower than in 53% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
12% of Brockham’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 42% have one at degree level (34%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Brockham, 2 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brockham | 2,206 | — | 50.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Box Hill | 1,271 | 1.7 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 6.6% |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 2 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Reigate | 23,774 | 3.6 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Westcott | 2,275 | 3.7 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 3.9 mi | 51 | 28% | 21% |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 4.1 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Redhill | 32,516 | 4.9 mi | 38 | 14% | 33% |
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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 Brockham’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 Brockham’s residents
What is the population of Brockham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,206 people in Brockham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brockham?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brockham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brockham?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Brockham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brockham’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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