Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Burstow sits below 97% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (11%)
39% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). On the census count, 6.5% of households live in a terraced house. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 42% of households live in a flat or apartment. The 2021 Census put Burstow’s population at 238, in 105 households.
A median age of 40.5: Burstow is younger than 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, Burstow has 11%. The biggest five-year age group is 40–44, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
A smaller share of full-time students than 98% of UK towns: 3.1%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 14%, against 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Smaller households than 87% of UK towns: 2.1 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.
In Burstow, 27% of households have dependent children, beside 29% across England’s towns. On shared households of unrelated adults, Burstow sits higher than 95% of UK towns: 4.8%.
Households without a car or van make up 12% in Burstow, less than in 70% 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: 36% here and 21% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van across England’s towns is 24%.
Above 87% of UK towns: 16% of residents were 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English: 89% here and 90% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (11%) and in Africa (1.3%).
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 85% of UK towns: 80%
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: 80% of Burstow · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
45% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. Here, just over two in five residents said they have no religion.
Married adults and civil partners: 38%, a lower share than 95% 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
Some 2 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 42% here, more than in 93% of UK towns. Here 7.1% of residents give unpaid care, where the figure across England’s towns is 8.7%.
26% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Burstow, 26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 14% have no qualification at all (18%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Burstow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burstow | 238 | — | 40.5 | 11% | 27% |
| Copthorne | 4,917 | 1.1 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Smallfield | 2,613 | 1.6 mi | 50 | 25% | 23% |
| Horley | 27,067 | 2.3 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 34% |
| Crawley Down | 5,775 | 3.2 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Felbridge | 2,031 | 3.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Crawley | 120,567 | 3.7 mi | 36.9 | 13% | 35% |
| Salfords | 1,873 | 3.8 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 27% |
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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 Burstow’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 Burstow’s residents
What is the population of Burstow?
The 2021 Census counted 238 people in Burstow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Burstow?
The median age was 40.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Burstow?
80% 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 Burstow?
42% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Burstow good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burstow’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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