Photo: Nigel Freeman · CC BY-SA 2.0Felbridge is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
Households in detached houses make up 64%, against 21% across England’s towns. Fewer households in terraced houses than in 94% of UK towns: 7.6%. Felbridge is home to 2,031 residents in 835 households, by the 2021 Census. Just over three in five adults are married or in a civil partnership.
What the Census says about Felbridge’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Felbridge’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 29% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns, at 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Felbridge has 9%. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 8% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 97% of UK towns, at 6%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 13% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Full-time students are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
A lower share of one-person households than 92% of UK towns, at 23%
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.
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The census found that 1.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Felbridge. Few places have so few households with dependent children: 27% here, fewer than in 50% of UK towns.
Households without a car or van: 7.8%, a lower share than 92% 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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Felbridge comes in at 8.1%. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Residents born outside the UK: 9.1%, a higher share than 70% 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
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 6.1% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in Africa (2.7%). Higher than in 54% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns: 88%
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: 88% of Felbridge · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion, about the same as across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. On the census count, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Felbridge ranks below 98% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 22%
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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 41. Felbridge has fewer unpaid carers than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 8.1%. As a yardstick, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 36% of its adults qualified to degree level, Felbridge compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around Felbridge are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felbridge | 2,031 | — | 51.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Crawley Down | 5,775 | 1.8 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 28% |
| East Grinstead | 26,350 | 1.8 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 2.8 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Dormansland | 2,300 | 2.8 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Copthorne | 4,917 | 2.9 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 28% |
| Ashurst Wood | 1,508 | 3.7 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 27% |
| Smallfield | 2,613 | 3.8 mi | 50 | 25% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Felbridge’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 Felbridge’s residents
What is the population of Felbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 2,031 people in Felbridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Felbridge?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Felbridge?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Felbridge?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Felbridge good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Felbridge’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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