Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domainA higher share of households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns, at 35%
6.3% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 2,160 residents and 835 households in Chiddingfold. The census found that 9.4% of households live in a terraced house here. Higher than in 99% of UK towns: 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Chiddingfold’s people
A village of families
35% of Chiddingfold’s 835 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Chiddingfold ranks below 86% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%; Chiddingfold has 21%. Half of the village’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.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 88% of UK towns: 6.8%
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%.
Full-time students make up 4.7%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Fewer one-person households than 96% of UK towns: 22%
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.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 64% of UK towns.
In Chiddingfold, 39% of households live in a detached house, more than in 74% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Chiddingfold has 8.5%. Elsewhere, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Chiddingfold: 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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are just over a tenth of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.4%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2%). Higher than in 59% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 78% of UK towns: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Chiddingfold · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 36%, against 37% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4.6%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.5%). At 92%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in 50% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married make up 24% in Chiddingfold, less than in 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 37. Chiddingfold has fewer unpaid carers than four fifths of UK towns, at 8.2%. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 48% of adults
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 Chiddingfold, 48%, and 11% have none, against 18%.
Chiddingfold is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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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 Chiddingfold’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 Chiddingfold’s residents
What is the population of Chiddingfold?
The 2021 Census counted 2,160 people in Chiddingfold’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chiddingfold?
The median age was 44 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chiddingfold?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chiddingfold?
36% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Chiddingfold good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chiddingfold’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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