Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.09.3% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 86% of UK towns
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Chilworth has 17%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. The village’s 830 households held 1,917 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Chilworth, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Half of Chilworth is over 45.9, older than 61% of UK towns
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%; Chilworth has 22%. The largest age band is 55–59: 7.6% of residents.
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.
Chilworth sits below 77% of UK towns for full-time students (4.2%)
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, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier; in Chilworth, 9.1%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 62% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
Households with dependent children: 29%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. In Chilworth, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
In Chilworth, 14% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 76% 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
By its share of households in detached houses (34%), Chilworth is above 64% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 83% of UK towns, at 13%
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (5%) and in Africa (3.5%). On residents whose main language is English, Chilworth sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 96%. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 78% of UK towns: 85%
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: 85% of Chilworth · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 52%, above 62% of UK towns. Lower than in 56% of UK towns: 40% of residents said they have no religion. Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British. The groups that follow White British are Other White (8%), Mixed or multiple (2.3%) and Indian (0.9%).
Below 82% of UK towns: 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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 38 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Fewer unpaid carers than in 88% of UK towns: 7.8%. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
43% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Chilworth’s adults: 43% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Older than Chilworth: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilworth | 1,917 | — | 45.9 | 22% | 29% |
| Shalford | 2,508 | 1.1 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 1.5 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 29% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 2.2 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 2.8 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 29% |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 3.4 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 29% |
| West Clandon | 1,233 | 3.7 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 34% |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 3.8 mi | 46 | 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 Chilworth’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 Chilworth’s residents
What is the population of Chilworth?
The 2021 Census counted 1,917 people in Chilworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chilworth?
The median age was 45.9 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chilworth?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chilworth?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Chilworth good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chilworth’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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