Photo: Jim Woodward-Nutt · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Outwood is over 52.9, older than 94% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 1.8% here and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 0.6% in Outwood. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns. 434 residents in 170 households: that is Outwood at the 2021 Census.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns, at 14%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Outwood has 24%. The largest age band is 55–59: 13% of residents, 2 times the share 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.
Outwood ranks below 93% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.5%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Outwood, 5.8%. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns, at 18%
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.
Households with dependent children make up 25%, against 29% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Each household has 2.6 people on average. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 93% of UK towns.
In Outwood, 0.6% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Outwood has 68%. To put it in context, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Outwood ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (1.6%) and in Africa (1.6%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are rarer here than in 63% of UK towns.
In Outwood, 58% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 91% 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: 94% of Outwood · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Outwood has 94%. The village has fewer residents with no religion than 81% of UK towns, at 35%. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.4%) and Indian (0.7%).
Married adults and civil partners make up 63% in Outwood, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Outwood comes in at 10%. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 4.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of Outwood’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 11% have none (18%).
Outwood is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outwood | 434 | — | 52.9 | 24% | 25% |
| Smallfield | 2,613 | 1.3 mi | 50 | 25% | 23% |
| Salfords | 1,873 | 2.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Horley | 27,067 | 2.4 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 34% |
| South Nutfield | 1,951 | 2.5 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Blindley Heath | 1,289 | 2.6 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 31% |
| Bletchingley | 2,372 | 3.4 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 32% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 3.5 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Outwood’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 Outwood’s residents
What is the population of Outwood?
The 2021 Census counted 434 people in Outwood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Outwood?
The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 14% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Outwood?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Outwood?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Outwood good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Outwood’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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