Photo: Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.9: Farley Green is older than 94% of UK towns
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Farley Green was home to 351 people in 145 households. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 2.8%. 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 23% locally.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, where the figure across England’s towns is 12%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Farley Green sits above 83% of UK towns for full-time students (5.9%)
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%.
There is little gap on residents who moved in within the year: 11%, about the same as across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Only 22% of households in Farley Green are one person living alone
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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults tops 97% of UK towns: 5.5%. On average, 2.4 people share a household. For one-person households, the comparison across England’s towns is 30%.
Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 3.5%
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
Households in detached houses: 52%, above 91% of UK towns. For comparison, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Farley Green: 7.9% of residents were born outside the UK, above 63% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Farley Green has 97%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.4%) and in Africa (2.6%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 27% in Farley Green, less than in 96% 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: 90% of Farley Green · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (7.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.3%). Across the comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Nearly two thirds of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 98% of UK towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 90% in Farley Green and 73% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 63%
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
Across England’s towns, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Farley Green, 12%. Adults who have never married account for 21%. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
50% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 50% of its adults qualified to degree level, Farley Green compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Farley Green, 1 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farley Green | 351 | — | 52.9 | 28% | 23% |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 1.9 mi | 46 | 19% | 32% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 2.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 2.6 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 29% |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 3 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 29% |
| Shalford | 2,508 | 3.6 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Ewhurst | 1,517 | 3.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 24% |
| Cranleigh | 10,430 | 4 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 26% |
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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 Farley Green’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 Farley Green’s residents
What is the population of Farley Green?
The 2021 Census counted 351 people in Farley Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Farley Green?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Farley Green?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Farley Green?
27% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Farley Green good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Farley Green’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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