Photo: SuzanneKn at English Wikipedia · Public domainNormandy is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.2
By its share of households in flats (2.1%), Normandy is below 97% of UK towns. Census figures put households without a car or van at 7.2% in the village. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 61% here, more than in 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,665, in 700 households.
What the Census says about Normandy’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Normandy’s residents are under 51.2 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 30% 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).
Normandy ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up nearly one in ten residents, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Normandy sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.4%)
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%.
By class, 46% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 13% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Higher than in 54% of UK towns: 4.9% of adults are full-time students. As a yardstick, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 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.
With households with dependent children at 25%, Normandy is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. One-person households make up 30% across England’s towns. Households average 2.4 people. The village has more shared households of unrelated adults than 80% of UK towns, at 3.1%.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 99% of UK towns, at 69%
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 terraced houses is 4.1%, against 24% across England’s towns. 2.1% of households live in a flat, less than in 97% of UK towns; 69% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
10% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 76% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for just over one in ten residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Residents whose main language is English: 97% of the total.
In Normandy, 33% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 87% 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: 88% of Normandy · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Normandy, 57% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The census found that 88% of residents describe themselves as White British locally.
Fewer adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns: 23%
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 figure for unpaid carers is 9.9% in Normandy and 8.7% across England’s towns. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 41% of its adults qualified to degree level, Normandy compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Normandy
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy | 1,665 | — | 51.2 | 30% | 25% |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 1.6 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Fairlands | 1,119 | 2.2 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 22% |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 2.7 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 3.9 mi | 24.7 | 6% | 47% |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 3.9 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 4 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 29% |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 4.1 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 36% |
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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 Normandy’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 Normandy’s residents
What is the population of Normandy?
The 2021 Census counted 1,665 people in Normandy’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Normandy?
The median age was 51.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Normandy?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Normandy?
33% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7.2% didn’t answer.
Is Normandy good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Normandy’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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