Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 6.6% of households in Limpsfield have no car or van
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Limpsfield has 22%. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 98% of UK towns. The village is home to 2,247 residents in 922 households, by the 2021 Census. Locally, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
A median age of 48.6: Limpsfield is older than 77% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: nearly one in ten residents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 71% 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
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 4.6% in Limpsfield, less than in 59% of UK towns
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%.
8.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 52% of UK towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 85% of UK towns
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 shared households of unrelated adults tops 77% of UK towns: 3%. Across Limpsfield, 29% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses: 59%, a higher share than 95% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 10% in Limpsfield. Typically, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Limpsfield, 15% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Limpsfield sits above 78% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (11%)
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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 10%. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 98%, fewer than in 55% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (4%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.8%).
55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 89% of Limpsfield · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 37%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. The census found that 89% of residents describe themselves as White British in Limpsfield.
In Limpsfield, 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% 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
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 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 42.
Degree-level qualifications: 55% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 55% of Limpsfield’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 6.9% have no qualification (18%).
Limpsfield is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | — | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 0.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 2.6 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 2.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 2.7 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Godstone | 2,648 | 3.3 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 3.7 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 3.9 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 30% |
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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 Limpsfield’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 Limpsfield’s residents
What is the population of Limpsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 2,247 people in Limpsfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Limpsfield?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Limpsfield?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Limpsfield?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Limpsfield good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Limpsfield’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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