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56.4Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 98% of UK towns: half of Parkgate is over 56.4

Set against 24% across England’s towns, 1.6% of households have no car or van in Parkgate. At the 2021 Census, 316 people lived locally, in 128 households. Households in detached houses: 93% of the total. Fewer residents with no religion than in 95% of UK towns: 28%.

34%aged 65 or over 8.2%born abroad 128households

Ages

In Parkgate, 34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% of UK towns

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

ParkgateEngland’s towns

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

No age band is larger than 70–74: just over one in ten residents, 2.3 times the share across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Here, 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1514%

15 to 249.1%

25 to 4413%

45 to 6431%

65 and over34%

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Parkgate

England

WomenMen

About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

Parkgate sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (3.8%)

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 students4.1%

Higher managerial and professional26%

Lower managerial and professional23%

Intermediate14%

Small employers and self-employed19%

Supervisory and technical2.6%

Semi-routine5.2%

Routine2.6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed4.1%

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Parkgate

4.1%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 3.8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

In Parkgate, nearly half of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 7.8% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Against that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Across Parkgate, 4.1% of adults are full-time students.

Households

A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 20%

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

Living alone, 66+ 14%Living alone, under 66 6.3%Families with dependent children 25%Couples and families, no young children 51%Shared houses and other 3.9%

Against Surrey’s towns and England’s towns

Parkgate

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person20%

2 people43%

3 people16%

4 people14%

5 or more7%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3.9%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Fewer households with dependent children than in 72% of UK towns: 25%. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. Households here average 2.5 people each.

Homes & cars

Households in terraced houses make up 0.8% in Parkgate, less 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

Parkgate

Surrey’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van1.6%

One22%

Two44%

Three or more33%

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 1.6% of households live in a flat or apartment here. For households in terraced houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English make up 100% in Parkgate, more than in 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%

Parkgate

8.2%

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%

Another main language, little or no English0%

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.1%) and in Africa (2.5%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 65% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 98% of UK towns, at 65%

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

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White7.3%

Asian1.3%

Mixed0%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 91% of Parkgate · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion28%

Christian65%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer5.7%

0%40%80%

Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 91%, against 73% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (7.3%), Indian (0.6%) and Pakistani (0.3%).

Relationships & caring

A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 70%

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 partnership17%

Married or civil partnership70%

Separated0.8%

Divorced5.6%

Widowed7.5%

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

29residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.4%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6.2%

20 to 49 hours1%

50 hours or more2.3%

17% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Census figures put unpaid carers at 9.4% in Parkgate.

Qualifications

Degree level: the highest qualification of 45% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications10%

Apprenticeship3.7%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level45%

ParkgateSurrey’s townsEngland’s towns

At degree level, Parkgate counts 45% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 10% have no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Nearby, 1 of 7 towns have older populations than Parkgate

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

Beare GreenBrockhamDorkingReigateHorleyBox HillWestcottParkgate

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Parkgate	316	—	56.4	34%	25%
Beare Green	1,940	1.9 mi	51	28%	21%
Brockham	2,206	3.2 mi	50.3	27%	27%
Dorking	17,463	3.7 mi	44.9	21%	27%
Reigate	23,774	4.8 mi	41.8	18%	35%
Horley	27,067	4.8 mi	39.2	16%	34%
Box Hill	1,271	4.8 mi	65.2	50%	6.6%
Westcott	2,275	5 mi	49.5	25%	26%

More about Parkgate’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

“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 Parkgate’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 Parkgate’s residents

What is the population of Parkgate?

The 2021 Census counted 316 people in Parkgate’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Parkgate?

The median age was 56.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 34% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Parkgate?

91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Parkgate?

28% said they had no religion and 65% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.

Is Parkgate good for families?

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