Photo: Speach · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns: 5.8%
By its share of one-person households (38%), Capel is above 96% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 17%. Lower than in 89% of UK towns: 41% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. At the 2021 Census Capel was home to 861 people in 397 households.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 68% of UK towns: 9.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Capel’s residents are under 44, younger than in 54% of UK towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. On the census count, 19% of residents are 65 or over. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 98% of UK towns: 5.7% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for just over a third of Capel’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 19%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%. The census found that 4.4% of adults are full-time students in the village.
Capel households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 80% of UK towns
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.
A quarter of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Across Capel, 2.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
More households in terraced houses than 86% of UK towns: 32%
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
Nearly a fifth of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. For comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 72% of UK towns, at 9.5%
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: 98% here and 90% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.8%) or in Africa (2.2%).
Capel ranks below 59% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 91%
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: 91% of Capel · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 49% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Add to that, on residents with no religion, Capel sits lower than 52% of UK towns: 41%. Set beside that, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (6.2%), Indian (1.2%) and Mixed or multiple (0.7%).
Capel: 36% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, above 72% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 20. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Capel has fewer unpaid carers than 57% of UK towns, at 9.1%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
30% of Capel’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Capel
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capel | 861 | — | 44 | 19% | 25% |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 1.9 mi | 51 | 28% | 21% |
| Ewhurst | 1,517 | 5 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 24% |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 5.2 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Westcott | 2,275 | 5.6 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Brockham | 2,206 | 5.7 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Horsham | 50,211 | 5.8 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 27% |
| Broadbridge Heath | 6,357 | 5.9 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 40% |
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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 Capel’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 Capel’s residents
What is the population of Capel?
The 2021 Census counted 861 people in Capel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Capel?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Capel?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Capel?
41% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Capel good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Capel’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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