Photo: Bobulous · CC BY-SA 4.0More family households than 92% of UK towns: 34% in Ewell
23% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. More households in flats than in 84% of UK towns: 20%. Ewell had 27,509 residents in 10,568 households at the 2021 Census. For Ewell, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 71%.
Faster growth than 53% of UK towns: Ewell changed by +8% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Ewell’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 25,200 people in 2011; 27,300 in 2024.
The steepest year was mid-2022 to mid-2023, up 280 people. The 65 and over age group moved most (+19%); the 30 to 44 group moved least (+1%).
Ewell is younger than 61% of UK towns: a median age of 43.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. For Ewell, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 20%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ewell, 43.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More students than 78% of UK towns: 5.7% of adults in Ewell
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 Ewell, 43% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 8.1% in the town.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.6 people per household, more than in 95% 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: 3.6%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 76% of UK towns: 14%
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 detached houses is 21%; Ewell has 32%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. The census found that 12% of households have no car or van in the town.
Ewell ranks below 88% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 92%
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 (7%), then in EU countries (6%). The usual figure: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 19% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 92% of UK towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for just over one in ten residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns.
35% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 81% of UK towns
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: 71% of Ewell · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian; in Ewell, 49%. Next after White British come Other White (8.7%), Indian (4.3%) and Mixed or multiple (4.3%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 53% in Ewell, more than in 82% 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
Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On the census count, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
41% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Ewell, 14%, while 41% hold one at degree level (34%).
From a median age of 39 in Ruxley Lane to 49 in Worcester Park West
The town’s 7 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Worcester Park West is the oldest area, with 26% aged 65 or over; Ruxley Lane the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Ruxley Lane (37% of households).
Of 256 UK towns its size (19,000 to 37,000 people), the 113th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Egham is the youngest (31.1); Rustington the oldest (56.2). Nearest to Ewell in age: Denton (43), Pontypool (43), Barnstaple (43.1) and Ebbw Vale (43.1).
Ewell is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewell | 27,509 | — | 43.1 | 20% | 34% |
| Worcester Park and Stoneleigh | 15,851 | 1 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 32% |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 1.4 mi | 39.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Kingston upon Thames | 166,333 | 3 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 33% |
| Banstead | 8,929 | 3.4 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 28% |
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | 3.4 mi | 46.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Sutton | 208,858 | 3.5 mi | 39.4 | 15% | 35% |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | 3.5 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 32% |
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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 Ewell’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. Ewell’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 26,722 people in 2021, against 27,509 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 Ewell’s residents
What is the population of Ewell?
The 2021 Census counted 27,509 people in Ewell’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 27,300 people in mid-2024, 8% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Ewell?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 61% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ewell?
71% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 19% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ewell?
35% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.5% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Ewell good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Ruxley Lane (37% of households). Schools are on Ewell’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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