Photo: The Voice of Hassocks · CC0Only 8.2% of households have no car or van in Nutfield
Set against 12% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24 in Nutfield. At 28%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. 752 residents in 327 households: that is Nutfield at the 2021 Census. The census found that 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian in the village.
Older than 65% of UK towns: half of Nutfield is over 46.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 23% in Nutfield. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
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.
More full-time students than 61% of UK towns: 5.1%
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, 44% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 9% in Nutfield.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Smaller households than 71% of UK towns: 2.2 people on average
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.
At 3.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Nearly a third of households are one person living alone. Nutfield has fewer households with dependent children than 57% of UK towns, at 27%.
Below 64% of UK towns: 24% of households live in a detached house
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 flat or apartment (England’s towns: 23%). On average, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Nutfield: 12% of residents were born outside the UK, above 81% 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
96% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (5.6%) and in Africa (2.3%).
Only 84% of residents describe themselves as White British in Nutfield
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: 84% of Nutfield · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (8.4%), Mixed or multiple (3.1%) and Pakistani (0.9%). More residents with no religion than in 52% of UK towns: 41%. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 30% in Nutfield, less than in 63% 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
Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.7%, from the figure across England’s towns. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 13 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Higher than in 53% of UK towns: 48% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 41%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Nutfield counts 41% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Nutfield
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutfield | 752 | — | 46.5 | 23% | 27% |
| South Nutfield | 1,951 | 0.9 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Bletchingley | 2,372 | 1.4 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 32% |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 1.5 mi | 37.5 | 13% | 37% |
| Redhill | 32,516 | 1.6 mi | 38 | 14% | 33% |
| Reigate | 23,774 | 2.9 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Salfords | 1,873 | 2.9 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Chaldon | 1,441 | 3 mi | 51.6 | 27% | 29% |
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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 Nutfield’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 Nutfield’s residents
What is the population of Nutfield?
The 2021 Census counted 752 people in Nutfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Nutfield?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Nutfield?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Nutfield?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Nutfield good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Nutfield’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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