Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domainOnly 7.3% of households live in a terraced house in Hindhead
With a median age of 49.7, Hindhead is older than 83% of UK towns. Here, 45% of households live in a detached house. In 2021, the Census found 6,444 residents locally, living in 2,721 households. Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Hindhead, 9.1%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 50–54 is the most common age band: 8.3% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hindhead, 49.7. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 70% of UK towns, at 4.4%
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%.
On residents who moved in within the year, 11% here is much the same as across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 72% of UK towns: 25% in Hindhead
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.
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, nearly a third of households are one person living alone here. Across Hindhead, 2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Measured more widely, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
29% of households live in a flat, more than in 94% 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
In Hindhead, nearly one in ten households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%.
13% born outside the UK, more than in 83% 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 EU countries (5.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.6%). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English are rarer here than in 68% of UK towns. Of residents born abroad, 14% arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
53% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 73% 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: 88% of Hindhead · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (6.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Indian (0.7%). Lower than in 70% of UK towns: 88% of residents describe themselves as White British. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 38%, below 68% of UK towns.
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 77% of UK towns: 52%
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
7.3% of residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%.
46% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 46% of its adults qualified to degree level, Hindhead compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 11% hold no qualification (18%).
Among 473 UK towns of 5,000 to 9,000 people, the 91st oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Red Lodge (30.9) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Hindhead in age: Whitburn (49.7), Lydiate (49.7), Pershore (49.8) and Aylsham (49.9).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 2 are older than Hindhead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindhead | 6,444 | — | 49.7 | 27% | 25% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 2.6 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Haslemere | 11,897 | 2.6 mi | 45 | 21% | 30% |
| Liphook | 7,128 | 4 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 31% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 4.3 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 4.7 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 4.9 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Chiddingfold | 2,160 | 4.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 35% |
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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 Hindhead’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 Hindhead’s residents
What is the population of Hindhead?
The 2021 Census counted 6,444 people in Hindhead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hindhead?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census, older than 83% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hindhead?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hindhead?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Hindhead good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hindhead’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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