Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 16.2: Gatton is younger than 99% of UK towns
The share of households with dependent children is 44%, against 29% across England’s towns. On households in flats, Gatton sits lower than 88% of UK towns: 4%. The village is home to 595 residents in 50 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 61% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 4.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: just over a third of residents, 5.7 times the share across England’s towns. Just over a third of residents are aged 15 to 24, a higher share than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 46% of adults study full-time
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 Gatton’s other adults differ from England’s: 71% are in managerial and professional jobs, against 36%. Against that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Gatton, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 17%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 99% of UK towns: 2.9 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.
One-person households make up 28%, against 30% across England’s towns. In Gatton, 2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Gatton: 68% of households live in a detached house, above 99% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (12%), Gatton is below 84% of UK towns. Still, 4% of households live in a flat, less than in 88% of UK towns; 68% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 93% of UK towns: 21% of residents were born outside the UK
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
With residents whose main language is English at 94%, Gatton is behind just over four fifths of UK towns on that count. Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (7.5%) or in EU countries (6.7%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Only 45% of residents describe themselves as White British in Gatton
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: 45% of Gatton · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.5% of residents are Muslim. Gatton has fewer residents with no religion than 97% of UK towns, at 26%. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 43% here and 46% across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers: 3.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
29% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, against 44% across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 2. As a yardstick, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 36% of adults in Gatton, 34% across England’s towns; 14% have no qualification, against 18%. The highest qualification of 12% is A levels, often students still at university.
No nearby town is as young as Gatton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatton | 595 | — | 16.2 | 4.4% | 44% |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 1.1 mi | 37.5 | 13% | 37% |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 1.8 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Redhill | 32,516 | 1.9 mi | 38 | 14% | 33% |
| Hooley | 1,010 | 2.2 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Reigate | 23,774 | 2.3 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Netherne on-the-Hill | 1,475 | 2.5 mi | 37.8 | 8.3% | 44% |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 2.6 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Gatton’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 Gatton’s residents
What is the population of Gatton?
The 2021 Census counted 595 people in Gatton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gatton?
The median age was 16.2 at the 2021 Census. 34% of residents were 15 to 24 and 4.4% were 65 or over.
Is Gatton a student village?
Yes: 46% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (130 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Gatton?
45% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 21% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gatton?
26% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 25% didn’t answer.
Is Gatton good for families?
44% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gatton’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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