Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households in terraced houses than 99% of UK towns: 0.8%
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. 8.9% of households have no car or van. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put Hooley’s population at 1,010, in 382 households.
What the Census says about Hooley’s people
A village of families
35% of Hooley’s 382 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 93% of UK towns. 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many carers
126 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 13% of those 5 and over: more than in 99% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Younger than 79% of UK towns: half of Hooley is under 40.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8% of residents. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 58% of UK towns. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Fewer full-time students than 52% of UK towns: 4.8%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in just over a third of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 18% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Hooley ranks above 93% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 35%
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 share of one-person households is 20%, against 30% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households with dependent children across England’s towns: 29%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.5% of the total.
A larger share of households in flats than 93% of UK towns: 26%
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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Hooley comes in at 27%. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
14% born outside the UK, more than in 85% 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
Residents whose main language is English: 95% here and 90% across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.6%) and in Africa (4.3%). Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
A smaller share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 92% of UK towns: 71%
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: 71% of Hooley · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents with no religion (38%), Hooley is below 67% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across Hooley, 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
13% of residents give unpaid care, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
By its share of married adults and civil partners (50%), Hooley is above just over three fifths of UK towns. Just over a third of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Across England’s towns, unpaid carers come to 8.7%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 32% of its adults qualified to degree level, Hooley compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 5 of 7 towns have older populations than Hooley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooley | 1,010 | — | 40.3 | 16% | 35% |
| Netherne on-the-Hill | 1,475 | 0.6 mi | 37.8 | 8.3% | 44% |
| Chipstead and Woodmansterne | 4,523 | 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 18% | 34% |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 2.3 mi | 37.5 | 13% | 37% |
| Chaldon | 1,441 | 2.4 mi | 51.6 | 27% | 29% |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 2.5 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Banstead | 8,929 | 2.9 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 28% |
| Caterham | 22,757 | 2.9 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 34% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Hooley’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 Hooley’s residents
What is the population of Hooley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,010 people in Hooley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hooley?
The median age was 40.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 16% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hooley?
71% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hooley?
38% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.7% were Muslim and 9% didn’t answer.
Is Hooley good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hooley’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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