Photo: Ben Gamble · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.9: Churt is older than 97% of UK towns
Compared with 21% across England’s towns, nearly three in five households live in a detached house here. Census day 2021: 941 residents and 417 households in Churt. 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Churt ranks above 92% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 (England’s towns: 12%). Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over 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.
Churt ranks below 84% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7%
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 take in half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 11% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Churt, 4.8% of adults are full-time students.
Below 88% of UK towns: 22% of households have dependent children
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, households average 2.4 people; in Churt, 2.3. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.6% here. 30% of households are one person living alone, more than in 56% of UK towns.
A lower share of households in terraced houses than 94% of UK towns, at 7.6%
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
The figure for households without a car or van is 8.1% in Churt and 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 9.6% of households live in a flat or apartment here.
Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Churt, more than in 81% of UK towns
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
Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 13% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%). Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.7%), then in Africa (3.2%). Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 52% of UK towns: 98%. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%.
Below 89% of UK towns: 32% of residents said they have no religion
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 Churt · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.8%).
Married adults and civil partners: 62%, a higher share than 99% 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
Unpaid carers are about as common here as across England’s towns: 8.8%. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 50% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Churt’s adults: 50% with a degree-level qualification and 10% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every nearby town is younger than Churt
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churt | 941 | — | 54.9 | 31% | 22% |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 1.6 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 25% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 1.9 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 3.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 4 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Haslemere | 11,897 | 4.1 mi | 45 | 21% | 30% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 4.3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 4.4 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 31% |
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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 Churt’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 Churt’s residents
What is the population of Churt?
The 2021 Census counted 941 people in Churt’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Churt?
The median age was 54.9 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Churt?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Churt?
32% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Churt good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Churt’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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