Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0Busbridge ranks above 99% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 43%
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Busbridge has 71%. Here, 6.7% of households have no car or van. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 90% of UK towns: 8.2%. The village counted 392 residents and 137 households at the 2021 Census.
Younger than 66% of UK towns: half of Busbridge is under 42.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 5–9, with 9.5% of residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. For Busbridge, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 24%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.8% of adults are full-time students, more than in 81% 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%.
Nothing unusual on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer people live alone than in 99% of UK towns: 14% of households
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. On average, 2.9 people share a household. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses: 99%, a higher share than 99% 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
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 72% of UK towns, at 9.4%
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
The largest groups were born in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.3%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.6%). For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 57% of UK towns.
Residents with no religion make up 27% in Busbridge, less than in 96% 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: 88% of Busbridge · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 59% in Busbridge and 46% across England’s towns. 88% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion is 37%.
Adults who have never married make up 18% in Busbridge, less than in 99% 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
For 7 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. On average, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Busbridge has fewer unpaid carers than 54% of UK towns, at 9.2%.
60% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Busbridge, 60%, and 3.8% have none, against 18%.
Median age: 5 of the 7 towns around Busbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busbridge | 392 | — | 42.5 | 24% | 43% |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 0.7 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 1.6 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 29% |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 2.3 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 31% |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 2.6 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 29% |
| Shalford | 2,508 | 3.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 3.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 3.9 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Busbridge’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 Busbridge’s residents
What is the population of Busbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 392 people in Busbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Busbridge?
The median age was 42.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Busbridge?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Busbridge?
27% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.6% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Busbridge good for families?
43% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Busbridge’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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