Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Pains-Hill is over 52.5, older than 93% of UK towns
Here 1% of households have no car or van, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%. Across Pains-Hill, three in five households live in a detached house. Fewer one-person households than in 99% of UK towns: 16%. There were 102 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 250 residents.
Below 96% of UK towns: 7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 65–69, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
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.
In Pains-Hill, 3.3% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 96% 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
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Pains-Hill, 58% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 7.1% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents who moved in within the year are common here: 15%, more than in 97% of UK towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Below 87% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children
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.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%, about the same as across England’s towns. The usual figure: 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Households in terraced houses make up 5.9% in Pains-Hill, less than in 97% 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
Flats are home to 15% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Pains-Hill ranks above 77% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 11%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.2%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.8%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 66% of UK towns: 97%.
Above 95% of UK towns: 61% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 89% of Pains-Hill · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 33% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On the census count, nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British.
Pains-Hill: 69% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 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
Here nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Pains-Hill, 7.6% of residents give unpaid care.
53% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 53% of adults in Pains-Hill, 34% across England’s towns; 6.5% have no qualification, against 18%.
The towns around Pains-Hill are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pains-Hill | 250 | — | 52.5 | 30% | 23% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 0.9 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 0.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 2.5 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 3 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 30% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 3.5 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 34% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 3.7 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Pains-Hill’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 Pains-Hill’s residents
What is the population of Pains-Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 250 people in Pains-Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pains-Hill?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pains-Hill?
89% 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 Pains-Hill?
33% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Pains-Hill good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pains-Hill’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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