Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0Younger than 93% of UK towns: half of Longcross is under 36.6
Against a figure of 29% across England’s towns, the share of households with dependent children in Longcross comes in at 37%. By contrast, residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 97% of UK towns. 364 residents in 153 households: that is Longcross at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 6.1% of residents give unpaid care.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of UK towns: 10%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.5%, Longcross is behind 58% of UK towns on that count. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 5.3%, a higher share than 70% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 55% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 9.6% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 11% of 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.
Below 86% of UK towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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.
2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, against 4.3% across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 4.7% in Longcross, less than in 99% 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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 47% in Longcross. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%. The census found that 11% of households live in a terraced house locally. The village has more households in flats than 94% of UK towns, at 29%.
Longcross: 34% of residents were born outside the UK, above 98% 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 40%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (11%) and in EU countries (9.1%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 88% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 95% of UK towns. Where 21% of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 27%.
29% of residents said they have no religion, below 95% 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: 55% of Longcross · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (16%), Mixed or multiple (8.2%) and Indian (7.4%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
In Longcross, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 76% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 2. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 34% here, more than in 61% of UK towns.
Among adults, 57% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Longcross, 57% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 6.8% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Longcross, 6 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longcross | 364 | — | 36.6 | 10% | 37% |
| Virginia Water | 5,185 | 1.6 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 32% |
| Lyne | 1,202 | 2.1 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 22% |
| Thorpe | 1,226 | 2.8 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Windlesham | 3,706 | 3.1 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 29% |
| West End and Chobham | 8,877 | 3.5 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 37% |
| Egham | 28,003 | 3.5 mi | 31.1 | 13% | 27% |
| Chertsey | 14,558 | 3.6 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 30% |
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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 Longcross’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 Longcross’s residents
What is the population of Longcross?
The 2021 Census counted 364 people in Longcross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Longcross?
The median age was 36.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 10% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Longcross?
55% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 34% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Longcross?
29% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.4% were Muslim and 9.9% didn’t answer.
Is Longcross good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Longcross’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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