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50.5Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Only 5% of households live in a terraced house in Newdigate

The median age in Newdigate is 50.5, higher than in 87% of UK towns. The village’s 320 households held 765 residents at the 2021 Census. Here, 43% of households live in a detached house. By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (56%), Newdigate is above 83% of UK towns.

22%aged 65 or over 5.8%born abroad 320households

Ages

Above 77% of UK towns: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

NewdigateEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Residents aged 65 and over: 22% here and 18% across England’s towns. Typically, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4417%

45 to 6436%

65 and over22%

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Newdigate

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Newdigate: 6.4% of adults are full-time students, above 88% 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

Full-time students6.4%

Higher managerial and professional18%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed18%

Supervisory and technical3.4%

Semi-routine8.4%

Routine6.1%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.9%

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Newdigate

9.3%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 9.1%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

9.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, against 11% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Only 26% of households are one person living alone in Newdigate

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 14%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 46%Shared houses and other 2.5%

Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns

Newdigate

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person26%

2 people37%

3 people17%

4 people12%

5 or more7.6%

England’s towns.

Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Newdigate has 2.5%. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Fewer households with dependent children than in 69% of UK towns: 25%.

Homes & cars

Only 5.9% of households in Newdigate 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

Newdigate

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.9%

One31%

Two41%

Three or more22%

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

The figure for households in flats is 12% in Newdigate and 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.

Where people were born

Newdigate: 100% of residents have English as their main language, above 99% 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%

Newdigate

5.8%

Surrey’s towns

18%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Newdigate, 5.8%. 100% of residents have English as their main language.

Ethnicity & religion

95% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 77% 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

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.4%

Asian0%

Mixed0.8%

Black0.7%

Other0.1%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Newdigate · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion37%

Christian56%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0.3%

Didn’t answer6.4%

0%35%70%

The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and African (0.4%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 73% of UK towns.

Relationships & caring

54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 86% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership28%

Married or civil partnership54%

Separated2.3%

Divorced10%

Widowed5.6%

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

80residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.6%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more2.7%

By its share of unpaid carers (11%), Newdigate is above 86% of UK towns. Adults who have never married account for 28%. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications12%

Apprenticeship5.9%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level35%

NewdigateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%). A levels are as far as 17% have gone so far, many of them students midway to a degree.

Neighbours

Newdigate 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.

Beare GreenBrockhamDorkingHorleyWestcottSalfordsReigateNewdigate

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Newdigate	765	—	50.5	22%	25%
Beare Green	1,940	1.6 mi	51	28%	21%
Brockham	2,206	4.1 mi	50.3	27%	27%
Dorking	17,463	4.3 mi	44.9	21%	27%
Horley	27,067	5.1 mi	39.2	16%	34%
Westcott	2,275	5.4 mi	49.5	25%	26%
Salfords	1,873	5.6 mi	44.6	22%	27%
Reigate	23,774	5.7 mi	41.8	18%	35%

More about Newdigate’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Newdigate’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 Newdigate’s residents

What is the population of Newdigate?

The 2021 Census counted 765 people in Newdigate’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Newdigate?

The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Newdigate?

95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Newdigate?

37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.

Is Newdigate good for families?

25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Newdigate’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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