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40.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 91% of UK towns: 15%

Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Hookwood comes in at 24%. Households without a car or van: 10% of the total. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 88% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns. The village is home to 666 residents in 277 households, by the 2021 Census.

15%aged 65 or over 8.1%born abroad 277households

Ages

Hookwood is younger than 76% of UK towns: a median age of 40.8

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

HookwoodEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The largest age band is 35–39: 8.4% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1516%

15 to 249.6%

25 to 4431%

45 to 6429%

65 and over15%

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Hookwood

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

A lower share of full-time students than 73% of UK towns, at 4.3%

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

Full-time students4.3%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional24%

Intermediate13%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical4.3%

Semi-routine11%

Routine6.5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed6.3%

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Hookwood

12%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 11%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.5× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Hookwood has 42% and 18%. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Here, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Larger households than 65% of UK towns: 2.3 people on average

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 13%Living alone, under 66 17%Families with dependent children 24%Couples and families, no young children 42%Shared houses and other 4%

Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns

Hookwood

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person31%

2 people32%

3 people20%

4 people11%

5 or more6.6%

England’s towns.

On shared households of unrelated adults, 4% here is much the same as across England’s towns. 30% of households are one person living alone, more than in 55% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

29% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 80% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Hookwood

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van10%

One39%

Two33%

Three or more17%

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in flats is 9%, against 23% across England’s towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns. 28% of households live in a detached house.

Where people were born

More residents born abroad than 64% of UK towns: 8.1% in Hookwood

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%

Hookwood

8.1%

Surrey’s towns

18%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well2.2%

Another main language, little or no English0%

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%). Higher than in 51% of UK towns: 98% of residents have English as their main language. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.

Ethnicity & religion

Hookwood sits above 53% of UK towns for residents with no religion (41%)

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

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.4%

Asian5.5%

Mixed1.5%

Black1.2%

Other0.2%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 88% of Hookwood · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion41%

Christian49%

Muslim0.8%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist3.6%

Other religion0.2%

Didn’t answer4.8%

0%30%60%

The largest groups after White British are Indian (3.9%), Other White (3.4%) and Mixed or multiple (1.5%). 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

Adults who have never married make up 37% in Hookwood, more than in 78% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership37%

Married or civil partnership46%

Separated1.8%

Divorced9%

Widowed5.6%

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

52residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.3%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours2.2%

50 hours or more1.9%

There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.3%, about the same as across England’s towns. Married adults and civil partners are rarer here than in 60% of UK towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 12.

Qualifications

A degree-level qualification for 31% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications15%

Apprenticeship5.8%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level31%

HookwoodSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

In Hookwood, 31% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 15% have no qualification at all (18%).

Neighbours

Median age: 4 of the 7 towns around Hookwood are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

HorleySalfordsSmallfieldCopthorneCrawleyReigateRedhillHookwood

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Hookwood	666	—	40.8	15%	24%
Horley	27,067	1.1 mi	39.2	16%	34%
Salfords	1,873	2.5 mi	44.6	22%	27%
Smallfield	2,613	2.9 mi	50	25%	23%
Copthorne	4,917	3.7 mi	47.6	23%	28%
Crawley	120,567	3.9 mi	36.9	13%	35%
Reigate	23,774	4.5 mi	41.8	18%	35%
Redhill	32,516	4.6 mi	38	14%	33%

More about Hookwood’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Hookwood’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 Hookwood’s residents

What is the population of Hookwood?

The 2021 Census counted 666 people in Hookwood’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Hookwood?

The median age was 40.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Hookwood?

88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.1% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Hookwood?

41% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.

Is Hookwood good for families?

24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hookwood’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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