Photo: SovalValtos · CC BY-SA 3.03.5% of households have no car or van, below 99% of UK towns
6.9% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 726 residents in 289 households. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 56% of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 89% of UK towns.
Half of Brook is over 49.7, older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up just over a quarter of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Above 73% of UK towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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 Brook, 51% and 9.1%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 4.8% locally.
Larger households than 77% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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 3.5%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. 28% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses make up 42% in Brook, more than in 81% 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 flats are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 23%. The usual figure: 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 16% in Brook, more than in 87% 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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (98%), Brook is above 56% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 89% of UK towns: 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: 86% of Brook · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Brook, 86%. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (8.4%), Mixed or multiple (3.5%) and Indian (0.8%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 96% of UK towns: 58%
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 unpaid carers at 6%, Brook is behind 99% of UK towns on that count. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For Brook, the census puts adults who have never married at 25%.
52% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 52% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 9.5% hold no qualification (18%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Brook 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook | 726 | — | 49.7 | 26% | 28% |
| Chiddingfold | 2,160 | 1.7 mi | 44 | 21% | 35% |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 1.9 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 31% |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 3.9 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 3.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 25% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 4 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Haslemere | 11,897 | 4.3 mi | 45 | 21% | 30% |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 4.9 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 29% |
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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 Brook’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 Brook’s residents
What is the population of Brook?
The 2021 Census counted 726 people in Brook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brook?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brook?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brook?
32% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 8.1% didn’t answer.
Is Brook good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brook’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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