Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 98% of UK towns, at 5.6%
By its share of married adults and civil partners (55%), Gomshall is above 88% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,378, in 550 households. Households with dependent children: nearly a third of the total. At 40%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in just over three quarters of UK towns.
Older than 61% of UK towns: half of Gomshall is over 46
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
In Gomshall, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 18% across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
Gomshall: 7.3% of adults are full-time students, above 92% of UK towns
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%.
By class, 46% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 10% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. The census found that 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Gomshall.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.6 people per household, more than in 94% 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.
Gomshall sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.2%, about the same as across England’s towns. The census found that 24% of households are one person living alone here.
Gomshall ranks below 69% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 16%
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
8.6% of households live in a flat or apartment; across England’s towns the figure is 23%. For comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 76% of UK towns: 11%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (3.6%) and in EU countries (3%). At 98%, the share of residents whose main language is English is higher than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Recent arrivals (2017 or later) make up 24% of those born abroad (England’s towns: 21%).
In Gomshall, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% 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: 91% of Gomshall · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails 67% of UK towns: 38%. 91% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 57% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.5%).
A lower share of adults who have never married than 79% of UK towns, at 28%
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: 38. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in nearly three fifths of UK towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 47% of adults in Gomshall (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.7% (England’s towns: 18%). 15% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Nearby, 6 of 7 towns have older populations than Gomshall
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gomshall | 1,378 | — | 46 | 19% | 32% |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 3.2 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Westcott | 2,275 | 3.6 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 3.8 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 29% |
| West Clandon | 1,233 | 3.9 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 34% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 4.1 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 4.2 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Ewhurst | 1,517 | 4.6 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 24% |
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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 Gomshall’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 Gomshall’s residents
What is the population of Gomshall?
The 2021 Census counted 1,378 people in Gomshall’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Gomshall?
The median age was 46 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Gomshall?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Gomshall?
38% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Gomshall good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Gomshall’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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