Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Lingfield Common is older than 95% of UK towns: a median age of 54.1
The share of households with dependent children is 22%, against 29% across England’s towns. There were 200 households in Lingfield Common at the 2021 Census, home to 420 residents. 14% of residents give unpaid care. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 89% of UK towns.
In Lingfield Common, 7% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
28% of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns: 5%
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%.
7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, against 4.2% in Lingfield Common. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
2.1 people per household, fewer than in 90% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.5%, above 58% of UK towns.
Fewer households in flats than 99% of UK towns: 1%
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
Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van; in Lingfield Common, 9.7%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Here, 31% of households live in a detached house. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
Lingfield Common ranks above 88% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 99%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born outside the UK make up 6%, against 18% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%).
In Lingfield Common, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 67% 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: 92% of Lingfield Common · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 92%, against 73% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 89% of UK towns, at 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
Married adults and civil partners: 48% here and 44% across England’s towns. Against that, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 14 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 25% of adults in Lingfield Common (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
Lingfield Common is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield Common | 420 | — | 54.1 | 28% | 22% |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 0.6 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Blindley Heath | 1,289 | 1.6 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 31% |
| Dormansland | 2,300 | 2 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 27% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 2.6 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Felbridge | 2,031 | 3.1 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 27% |
| East Grinstead | 26,350 | 3.7 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Edenbridge | 7,903 | 4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Lingfield Common’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 Lingfield Common’s residents
What is the population of Lingfield Common?
The 2021 Census counted 420 people in Lingfield Common’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lingfield Common?
The median age was 54.1 at the 2021 Census. 7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lingfield Common?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lingfield Common?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Lingfield Common good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lingfield Common’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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