Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.00.7% of households live in a terraced house, below 99% of UK towns
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 7.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 369 residents in Newchapel, living in 141 households. For Newchapel, the census puts households in detached houses at 57%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns.
Newchapel is older than 77% of UK towns: a median age of 48.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Newchapel has more residents aged 65 and over than 57% of UK towns, at 23%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A higher share of residents who moved in within the year than 94% of UK towns, at 13%
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%.
In Newchapel, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 6% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
22% of households have dependent children, below 89% 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 typical household size is 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. As a reference point, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone.
Only 9.2% of households in Newchapel have no car or van
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
The share of households in flats trails 58% of UK towns: 9.2%. To put it in context, 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 77% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Newchapel, 99%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.1%) and in EU countries (3.6%).
Newchapel sits below 87% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (76%)
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: 76% of Newchapel · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Newchapel has 56%. The largest groups after White British are Other White (17%), Indian (1.4%) and Mixed or multiple (1.1%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%.
Newchapel: 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 68% 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
34% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Here, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 32%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of Newchapel’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 22% have no qualification (18%).
Older than Newchapel: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newchapel | 369 | — | 48.6 | 23% | 22% |
| Felbridge | 2,031 | 1 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 27% |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 2 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 31% |
| East Grinstead | 26,350 | 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 28% |
| Dormansland | 2,300 | 2.5 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Crawley Down | 5,775 | 2.6 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 28% |
| Blindley Heath | 1,289 | 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 31% |
| Copthorne | 4,917 | 3 mi | 47.6 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Newchapel’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 Newchapel’s residents
What is the population of Newchapel?
The 2021 Census counted 369 people in Newchapel’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Newchapel?
The median age was 48.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Newchapel?
76% 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 Newchapel?
33% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9% didn’t answer.
Is Newchapel good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newchapel’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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