Photo: Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0Deepcut is younger than 96% of UK towns: a median age of 34.4
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. There were 821 households in Deepcut at the 2021 Census, home to 2,163 residents. In Deepcut, 4.9% of households have no car or van. The village has fewer unpaid carers than 97% of UK towns, at 6.8%.
What the Census says about Deepcut’s people
A village of families
40% of Deepcut’s 821 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 98% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Deepcut’s residents are under 34.4 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 12% are 15 to 24 and 8.3% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
17% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Deepcut sits below 99% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (8.3%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 12%. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
17% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 98% 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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 6.1% in Deepcut. Set beside that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
More households with dependent children than 98% of UK towns: 40%
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.
23% of households are one person living alone (England’s towns: 30%). On the census count, 4.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
More terraced houses than 79% of UK towns: 28% of households
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
In Deepcut, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 94% of UK towns, at 21%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (8%), then in EU countries (6%). Deepcut has fewer residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns, at 91%. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
Below 92% of UK towns: 40% 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: 74% of Deepcut · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (7.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and African (2.5%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Deepcut sits lower than 90% of UK towns: 74%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. Where 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, Deepcut has 43%.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 85% of UK towns, at 39%
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
Where 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns, Deepcut has 47%. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 43 people.
Degree-level qualifications reach 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 41% of Deepcut’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.5% have no qualification (18%).
Deepcut sits below 6 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deepcut | 2,163 | — | 34.4 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Frimley | 15,101 | 1.3 mi | 43.9 | 20% | 32% |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 2 mi | 24.7 | 6% | 47% |
| Camberley | 36,787 | 2.3 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 31% |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 2.8 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 2.9 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 36% |
| Lightwater | 6,539 | 3 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 26% |
| Bisley | 4,045 | 3.1 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 33% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Deepcut’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 Deepcut’s residents
What is the population of Deepcut?
The 2021 Census counted 2,163 people in Deepcut’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Deepcut?
The median age was 34.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 8.3% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Deepcut?
74% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 21% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Deepcut?
43% said they had no religion and 40% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.7% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Deepcut good for families?
40% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Deepcut’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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