Photo: Jean Barrow · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 7.3% of households in Dormansland have no car or van
One-person households: 24%, below 88% of UK towns. Few places have as many households in detached houses: 41% here, more than in 77% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,300 residents in 895 households. In Dormansland, nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British.
A median age of 47.4: Dormansland is older than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%, Dormansland is ahead of 94% of UK towns on that count. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Dormansland: 9% of adults are full-time students, above 95% 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%.
In Dormansland, 40% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 16% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Dormansland households average 2.4 people, larger than in 81% of UK towns
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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. More households with dependent children than in 52% of UK towns: 27%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 79% of UK towns: 13%
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%; Dormansland has 7.6%. The share of households in terraced houses across England’s towns is 24%.
8.5% born outside the UK, more than in 67% 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
97% of residents have English as their main language; across England’s towns the figure is 90%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
42% of residents said they have no religion, a share 57% of UK towns don’t reach
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 Dormansland · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Dormansland has 49%. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.8%) and Indian (0.6%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 50% in Dormansland, more than in 62% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.5%, from the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 36%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 36% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%). The highest qualification of 17% is A levels, often students still at university.
Dormansland is younger than 2 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dormansland | 2,300 | — | 47.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 1.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 31% |
| East Grinstead | 26,350 | 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Felbridge | 2,031 | 2.8 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Blindley Heath | 1,289 | 3.5 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 31% |
| Ashurst Wood | 1,508 | 3.6 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Edenbridge | 7,903 | 3.7 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 4.1 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 30% |
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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 Dormansland’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 Dormansland’s residents
What is the population of Dormansland?
The 2021 Census counted 2,300 people in Dormansland’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Dormansland?
The median age was 47.4 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dormansland?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dormansland?
42% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Dormansland good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dormansland’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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