The Turks Head Public House Wisteria Cottage · Photo: Mertbiol · CC0Laleham sits below 95% of UK towns for one-person households (22%)
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Laleham, 2.5. Nearly one in ten households have no car or van. At 56%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 92% of UK towns. There were 986 households here at the 2021 Census, home to 2,521 residents.
What the Census says about Laleham’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Laleham’s residents are under 50.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 86% of UK towns: half of Laleham is over 50.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Laleham, 27%. The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.7%, fewer than in 53% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Laleham, 50.3. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
A lower share of full-time students than 72% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
7.8% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More shared houses than 90% of UK towns: 3.8% of households
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.
Households with dependent children are more common here than in 55% of UK towns. Shared households of unrelated adults make up 4.3% across England’s towns.
11% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 88% 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
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Laleham has 44%. Fewer households in flats than in 58% of UK towns: 9.3%. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
Residents born outside the UK make up 12% in Laleham, more than in 80% 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
Since 2017: 16% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. On the census count, 96% of residents have English as their main language.
A lower share of residents with no religion than 94% of UK towns, at 30%
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: 83% of Laleham · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 58% in Laleham. As a yardstick, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Here, 83% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Laleham sits below 88% of UK towns for adults who have never married (26%)
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
49 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 7.8%, fewer than in 88% of UK towns.
Qualified to degree level: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Laleham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have none (18%).
55th oldest of 219 UK towns of 2,500 to 3,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); St Mary's Bay the oldest (60.8). Nearest to Laleham in age: Pannal (50.2), Kelsall (50.3), Dolgellau (50.3) and Scotter (50.4).
No nearby town is as old as Laleham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laleham | 2,521 | — | 50.3 | 27% | 28% |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 21,327 | 0.9 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 28% |
| Ashford | 22,823 | 1.7 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 32% |
| Shepperton Green | 4,358 | 1.7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 30% |
| Thorpe | 1,226 | 1.9 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Chertsey | 14,558 | 2.1 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 30% |
| Ashford Common | 8,333 | 2.3 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Shepperton | 5,917 | 2.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
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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 Laleham’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 Laleham’s residents
What is the population of Laleham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,521 people in Laleham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Laleham?
The median age was 50.3 at the 2021 Census, older than 86% of UK towns. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Laleham?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Laleham?
30% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Laleham good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Laleham’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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