Photo: Euchiasmus at English Wikipedia · Public domainOnly 24% of households are one person living alone in Frimley
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 32% in Frimley. Census day 2021: 15,101 residents and 5,932 households in the town. Across Frimley, just over three quarters of residents describe themselves as White British. On households in terraced houses, Frimley sits lower than nearly four fifths of UK towns: 13%.
Frimley’s population moved +7% on 2011, less than in 52% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Frimley’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 15,300 people in 2011; 16,400 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+32%) and the 30 to 44 least (+1%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2021 to mid-2022, 320 people.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Frimley
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The median age in Frimley is 43.9, lower than in 55% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.5% of residents. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Frimley, 43.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 53% of UK towns: 4.8%
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 44% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Larger households than 93% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.7%.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 79% of UK towns: 10%
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 Frimley comes in at 14%. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Just over two in five households live in a detached house.
In Frimley, 93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 86% 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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (8.1%) and in EU countries (4.8%). As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 18% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 91% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 19%.
Only 35% of residents said they have no religion in Frimley
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: 76% of Frimley · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops 63% of UK towns: 52%. Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (6.6%), Indian (3.7%) and Mixed or multiple (2.8%).
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 87% 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
Adults who have never married: 29%, below 76% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Here, 7.1% of residents give unpaid care.
38% 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 Frimley, 13%, while 38% hold one at degree level (34%).
From a median age of 43 in Frimley to 44 in Frimley 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.
Frimley Green is the oldest area, with 21% aged 65 or over; Frimley the youngest (median age 43). Families with children are most common in Camberley Parkside (35% of households).
164th youngest of 333 UK towns of 11,000 to 20,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 25 in Aberystwyth to 60.4 in Sidmouth. Nearest to Frimley in age: Shiney Row and Penshaw (43.9), Hale (43.9), Clitheroe (44) and Hadfield (44).
Frimley and its 7 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frimley | 15,101 | — | 43.9 | 20% | 32% |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 1.3 mi | 34.4 | 8.3% | 40% |
| Camberley | 36,787 | 1.7 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 31% |
| Farnborough | 60,665 | 1.8 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Hawley | 2,581 | 2.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 23% |
| Blackwater | 7,170 | 3.1 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 3.2 mi | 24.7 | 6% | 47% |
| Sandhurst | 20,220 | 3.5 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Frimley’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. Frimley’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 15,531 people in 2021, against 15,101 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 Frimley’s residents
What is the population of Frimley?
The 2021 Census counted 15,101 people in Frimley’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 16,400 people in mid-2024, 7% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Frimley?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 55% of UK towns. 9.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Frimley?
76% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Frimley?
35% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Frimley good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Camberley Parkside (35% of households). Schools are on Frimley’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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