Photo: JohnArmagh · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 4.8% of households live in a terraced house in Lyne
In Lyne, 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, beside 12% across England’s towns. For Lyne, the census puts residents with no religion at 29%. Lower than in 88% of UK towns: 22% of households have dependent children. The village is home to 1,202 residents in 543 households, by the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Lyne’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Lyne’s residents are under 50.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 24% 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).
Half of Lyne is over 50.2, older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above 67% 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
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.8% of adults are full-time students
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%.
9.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A higher share of one-person households than 79% of UK towns, at 34%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. The census found that 5.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Lyne. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Only 11% of households have no car or van in Lyne
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 third of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. Here, 13% of households live in a flat or apartment. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.
Lyne sits below 87% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (93%)
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 born abroad were most often born in EU countries (6.1%), then in the Middle East and Asia (5.3%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. 18% of residents were born outside the UK, about the same as across England’s towns.
Lyne ranks above 94% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60%
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: 77% of Lyne · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Set against 73% across England’s towns, 77% of residents describe themselves as White British in Lyne. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The Muslim share of residents is 1.1%.
Adults who have never married: 29%, a lower share than 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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 33 residents. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 74% of UK towns. At 9.2%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
35% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Lyne’s adults: 35% with a degree-level qualification and 20% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Lyne and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyne | 1,202 | — | 50.2 | 24% | 22% |
| Thorpe | 1,226 | 1.5 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Chertsey | 14,558 | 1.6 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 30% |
| Virginia Water | 5,185 | 1.6 mi | 46.6 | 21% | 32% |
| Addlestone | 13,748 | 2.5 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 29% |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 2.9 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 28% |
| Egham | 28,003 | 3 mi | 31.1 | 13% | 27% |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 33,035 | 3.2 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 32% |
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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 Lyne’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 Lyne’s residents
What is the population of Lyne?
The 2021 Census counted 1,202 people in Lyne’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lyne?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lyne?
77% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lyne?
29% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Lyne good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lyne’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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