Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.085% of households live in a detached house, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Chaldon has 0.4%. Its 533 households held 1,441 residents at the 2021 Census. One-person households: 17% of the total. At 61%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 95% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chaldon’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Chaldon’s residents are under 51.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Half of Chaldon is over 51.6, older than 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 11% in Chaldon. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 27%, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Chaldon, 4.9% of adults are full-time students, more than in 54% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Chaldon, 47% and 10%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.7%.
Bigger households than 98% of UK towns: 2.7 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Chaldon has 2.8%. Census figures put households with dependent children at 29% in the village.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 4.2%
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 2.8% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Chaldon: 8.9% 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
5.7% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.3%), then in Africa (2.2%). At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in 54% of UK towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
In Chaldon, 29% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 95% 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: 90% of Chaldon · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 90%, against 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (1.3%).
Chaldon sits above 99% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (64%)
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 29 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. 10% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%).
Among adults, 42% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Chaldon, 42% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 12% have no qualification at all (18%).
Chaldon is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaldon | 1,441 | — | 51.6 | 27% | 29% |
| Caterham | 22,757 | 0.9 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 34% |
| Netherne on-the-Hill | 1,475 | 1.8 mi | 37.8 | 8.3% | 44% |
| Whyteleafe | 3,174 | 2.2 mi | 35.3 | 10% | 31% |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 2.4 mi | 37.5 | 13% | 37% |
| Hooley | 1,010 | 2.4 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Godstone | 2,648 | 2.6 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Bletchingley | 2,372 | 2.6 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 32% |
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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 Chaldon’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 Chaldon’s residents
What is the population of Chaldon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,441 people in Chaldon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chaldon?
The median age was 51.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chaldon?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chaldon?
29% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Chaldon good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chaldon’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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