Photo: SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia · Public domainA village of families: 36% of Brookwood’s households have children
8.3% of households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). The 2021 Census put Brookwood’s population at 1,428, in 562 households. Across Brookwood, just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Brookwood sits lower than just over four fifths of UK towns: 83%.
What the Census says about Brookwood’s people
A village of families
36% of Brookwood’s 562 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 95% of UK towns. 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 40.2: Brookwood is younger than 79% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Brookwood, 8.5%. Locally, 16% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.6%, a lower share than 73% 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 4.5% in Brookwood. The share of residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns is 11%.
Bigger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
The figure for shared households of unrelated adults is 3.2% in Brookwood and 4.3% across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 24% in Brookwood, less than in 63% 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
On households in terraced houses, Brookwood sits higher than 66% of UK towns: 24%. Measured more widely, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The census found that one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in the village.
Brookwood: 13% of residents born outside the UK
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
Here 97% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (4.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%).
Brookwood: 45% of residents said they have no religion, above 74% of UK towns
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 Brookwood · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.8% of residents are Muslim. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. Lower than in three quarters of UK towns: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Above 88% of UK towns: 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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
7.5% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). On top of that, fewer adults who have never married than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 30%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 12 residents.
50% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Brookwood, 50% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.2% have no qualification at all (18%).
Older than Brookwood: 4 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood | 1,428 | — | 40.2 | 16% | 36% |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 0.9 mi | 24.7 | 6% | 47% |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 1.4 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 33% |
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | 2.6 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 37% |
| Woking | 75,655 | 2.8 mi | 39.2 | 15% | 32% |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 2.9 mi | 34.4 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Fairlands | 1,119 | 3 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 22% |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 3.3 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Brookwood’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 Brookwood’s residents
What is the population of Brookwood?
The 2021 Census counted 1,428 people in Brookwood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brookwood?
The median age was 40.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brookwood?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brookwood?
45% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brookwood good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brookwood’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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