Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 88%
Flats are home to 1.3% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. Green Cross had 216 residents and 78 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.9. In Green Cross, 36% of households have dependent children. Just over one in ten residents give unpaid care, more than in 92% of UK towns.
A median age of 49.9: Green Cross is older than 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, close to the figure across England’s towns. The largest age band is 55–59: 14% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Green Cross, 7.5% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 76% 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%.
Full-time students: 8.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 15% in Green Cross, less than in 99% 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.
The typical household size is 2.7 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.6% in Green Cross.
Households without a car or van: 2.5%, a lower share than 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
1.3% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Just over one in ten residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.6%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.2%).
Above 61% of UK towns: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Green Cross · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Green Cross, 38%. What’s more, the village has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 53% of UK towns, at 92%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (6%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.5%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 69%
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
Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Green Cross comes in at 23%. Married adults and civil partners: 44% across England’s towns, for comparison. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 3.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Green Cross, 55% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 9.8% have no qualification at all (18%). For 13%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
2 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Green Cross
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Cross | 216 | — | 49.9 | 24% | 36% |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 1.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 25% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 2.5 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 3.9 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 4 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Haslemere | 11,897 | 4.1 mi | 45 | 21% | 30% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 4.3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 4.5 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
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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 Green Cross’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 Green Cross’s residents
What is the population of Green Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 216 people in Green Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Green Cross?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Green Cross?
92% 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 Green Cross?
38% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 10% didn’t answer.
Is Green Cross good for families?
36% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Green Cross’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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