Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.019% of households live in a flat or apartment, a share 82% of UK towns don’t reach
Here just over one in ten households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. For Godstone, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 87%. 31% of households have dependent children, a higher share than in 81% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 2,648 residents in 1,132 households.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 72% of UK towns, at 9.1%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.5% of residents. Half of Godstone’s residents are under 43.2, younger than in 60% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Godstone, 43.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Godstone sits below 91% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (6.6%)
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%.
The figure for full-time students is 4.1% in Godstone and 7.9% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.3 people per household, more than in 63% 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.
2.7% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. The census found that 31% of households are one person living alone in Godstone.
Below 79% of UK towns: 18% of households live in a detached house
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, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house; in Godstone, 27%. To put it in context, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Godstone: 8.2% of residents 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
10% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Godstone has fewer residents whose main language is English than 58% of UK towns, at 97%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.4%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
No religion: 42% of residents, a higher share than 58% 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: 87% of Godstone · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (6.5%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Indian (1.1%). As a reference point, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are more common here than in 51% of UK towns.
Godstone sits below 59% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (46%)
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
At 8.3%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 32% here, more than in 51% of UK towns. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 62 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
32% of Godstone’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).
115th lowest median age among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Godstone in age: Cheswick Green (43.1), Leadgate (43.2), St Columb Major (43.2) and Newhey (43.3).
Godstone and its 7 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godstone | 2,648 | — | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Bletchingley | 2,372 | 1.7 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 32% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 2.4 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 2.5 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Chaldon | 1,441 | 2.6 mi | 51.6 | 27% | 29% |
| Caterham | 22,757 | 2.8 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 34% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 3.3 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
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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 Godstone’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 Godstone’s residents
What is the population of Godstone?
The 2021 Census counted 2,648 people in Godstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Godstone?
The median age was 43.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 60% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Godstone?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Godstone?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Godstone good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Godstone’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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