Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.7%
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Langley Vale comes in at 32%. For Langley Vale, the census puts one-person households at 18%. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 57%, more than in 94% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,515 residents in the village, living in 585 households.
A median age of 46.2: Langley Vale is older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
At 18%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The census found that 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Langley Vale.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 72% of UK towns: 5.4%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 48% of Langley Vale’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 11%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%. Across Langley Vale, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people each on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 4.4%.
5.3% of households live in a terraced house, below 98% 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 5.8% of households live in a flat or apartment in Langley Vale. Typically, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 82% of UK towns, at 13%
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 make up 96%, against 90% across England’s towns. The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.6%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 82% in Langley Vale, less than in 83% 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: 82% of Langley Vale · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Islam is the religion of 1.5% of residents. Fewer residents with no religion than in 64% of UK towns: 39%. Elsewhere, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Christians make up 50% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns.
Langley Vale ranks above 93% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 57%
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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Langley Vale. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 24 people. 9.6% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 57% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 43% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Langley Vale, 11%, while 43% hold one at degree level (34%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 4 are older than Langley Vale
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley Vale | 1,515 | — | 46.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Tadworth and Epsom Downs | 27,095 | 1.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 32% |
| Ashtead | 14,830 | 1.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 32% |
| Epsom | 35,857 | 2.1 mi | 39.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 2.4 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Leatherhead | 11,482 | 2.8 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 26% |
| Banstead | 8,929 | 3 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 28% |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 3.3 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Langley Vale’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 Langley Vale’s residents
What is the population of Langley Vale?
The 2021 Census counted 1,515 people in Langley Vale’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langley Vale?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langley Vale?
82% 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 Langley Vale?
39% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Langley Vale good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langley Vale’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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