Photo: David Kemp · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 31.1: Egham is younger than 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%; Egham has 34%. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 28,003, in 10,029 households. On the census count, 43% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The town has more households without a car or van than 70% of UK towns, at 20%.
What the Census says about Egham’s people
A student town
The 2021 Census counted 7,150 full-time students aged 16 and over, 30% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns: more than in 99% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 29% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Egham’s residents are under 31.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 15 to 24 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town people move to
21% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 2 times the share across England’s towns, and 6.6% gave a term-time address. Students & newcomers ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Since 2011, Egham has grown +15%, faster than 77% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Egham’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 26,100 people in 2011; 30,100 in 2024.
Split by age, the 16 to 29 changed most (+25%) and the 30 to 44 least (+4%). Between mid-2021 and mid-2022 the population rose by 700, its biggest one-year gain.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of UK towns, at 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 20–24: 17% of residents, 2.7 times the share across England’s towns. 13% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 94% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Egham, 31.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
30% of adults are full-time students, more than in 99% 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%.
Leave the students aside and Egham’s other adults differ from England’s: 43% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. 21% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 11% in Egham, more than in 99% 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.
Here 29% of households are one person living alone, where the figure across England’s towns is 30%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.5 people. On households with dependent children, Egham sits lower than 53% of UK towns: 27%.
Egham: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 89% 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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Egham has 20%. On top of that, households in terraced houses are rarer here than in just over half of UK towns.
Egham: 22% of residents were born outside the UK, above 94% 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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (8.7%) and in the Middle East and Asia (7.1%). On residents whose main language is English, Egham sits lower than 92% of UK towns: 90%. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 34%.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 94% of UK towns: 67%
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: 67% of Egham · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 38%, Egham is behind 68% of UK towns on that count. For comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The Muslim share of residents is 3.8%.
More adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 53%
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
Students and young renters account for much of that. Census figures put unpaid carers at 6.9% in Egham.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 33%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 33% of adults in Egham, 34% across England’s towns; 12% have no qualification, against 18%. Many still at university: 32% list A levels as their highest qualification.
From a median age of 24 in Englefield Green & University to 40 in Egham Hythe & Pooley Green
The town’s 3 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Egham Hythe & Pooley Green is the oldest area, with 15% aged 65 or over; Englefield Green & University the youngest (median age 24). Students cluster in Englefield Green & University, where 49% of adults are full-time students. Families with children are most common in Egham Hythe & Pooley Green (32% of households).
Among 238 UK towns of 20,000 to 38,000 people, the 1st youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 31.1 in Egham to 56.2 in Rustington. Nearest to Egham in age: Nelson (33.4) and Darlaston (33.9).
Every neighbour of Egham has an older population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egham | 28,003 | — | 31.1 | 13% | 27% |
| Thorpe | 1,226 | 1.6 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Virginia Water | 5,185 | 2 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 32% |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 7,689 | 2.2 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 28% |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 21,327 | 2.3 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 28% |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 2.6 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 28% |
| Lyne | 1,202 | 3 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 22% |
| Stanwell Moor | 1,431 | 3 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 32% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Egham’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Egham’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 28,524 people in 2021, against 28,003 in the built-up area.
- 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 Egham’s residents
What is the population of Egham?
The 2021 Census counted 28,003 people in Egham’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 30,100 people in mid-2024, 15% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Egham?
The median age was 31.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 29% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
Is Egham a student town?
Yes: 30% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (7,150 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns. In Englefield Green & University, 49% of adults were students.
How diverse is Egham?
67% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 22% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Egham?
38% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.8% were Muslim and 8.6% didn’t answer.
Is Egham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Egham Hythe & Pooley Green (32% of households). Schools are on Egham’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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