Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households in flats than 92% of UK towns, at 26%
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, just over one in ten households live in a terraced house here. One-person households are rarer here than in 84% of UK towns. 36,787 residents in 14,671 households: that is Camberley at the 2021 Census. Census figures put households with dependent children at 31% locally.
Camberley’s population changed by +9% since 2011, more than in 58% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Camberley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 34,600 people in 2011; 37,800 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+25%) and the 0 to 15 group least (±0%). The largest rise in a single year came from mid-2022 to mid-2023: 800 people.
A median age of 42.7: Camberley is younger than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops just over four fifths of UK towns: 11%. By contrast, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 70% of UK towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Camberley, 42.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Camberley: 5.7% of adults are full-time students, above 78% 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%.
In Camberley, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 88% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 4.4% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
In Camberley, 41% of households live in a detached house, more than in 79% 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
Here just over one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. For comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Camberley sits above 93% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (21%)
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
Just over nine in ten residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (8.3%) and in EU countries (6.4%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 91% of UK towns, at 73%
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: 73% of Camberley · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (7.9%), Indian (4.1%) and Mixed or multiple (2.8%). Camberley has fewer residents with no religion than 79% of UK towns, at 36%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47% here and 46% across England’s towns.
Camberley ranks above 76% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 52%
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
The share of adults who have never married is 31%, against 39% across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 7.9% in Camberley. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 40%
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 Camberley, 40%, and 14% have none, against 18%.
From a median age of 39 in Camberley North to 48 in Camberley Parkside
The town’s 5 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Camberley Parkside is the oldest area, with 24% aged 65 or over; Camberley North the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Camberley Heatherside (34% of households).
68th highest median age among 190 UK towns of 26,000 to 50,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Hatfield (30.3), the youngest, and Rustington (56.2), the oldest. Nearest to Camberley in age: Leyland (42.7), Rickmansworth (42.7), Chippenham (42.8) and Worksop (42.9).
Of the 7 towns nearest Camberley, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camberley | 36,787 | — | 42.7 | 19% | 31% |
| Frimley | 15,101 | 1.7 mi | 43.9 | 20% | 32% |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 2.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 2.3 mi | 34.4 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Bagshot | 5,930 | 2.4 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Sandhurst | 20,220 | 2.5 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 2.6 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 2.7 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Camberley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Camberley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 36,357 people in 2021, against 36,787 in the built-up area.
- 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 Camberley’s residents
What is the population of Camberley?
The 2021 Census counted 36,787 people in Camberley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 37,800 people in mid-2024, 9% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Camberley?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census, younger than 64% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Camberley?
73% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 21% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Camberley?
36% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.5% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Camberley good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Camberley Heatherside (34% of households). Schools are on Camberley’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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