Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Peasmarsh is over 55.9, older than 97% of UK towns
One-person households: 24% here and 30% across England’s towns. Peasmarsh is home to 468 residents in 172 households, by the 2021 Census. On the census count, 5.8% of households live in a terraced house. Fewer adults who have never married than in 99% of UK towns: 21%.
Peasmarsh ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 37%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 6.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Peasmarsh. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 75 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.
Only 4% of adults are full-time students in Peasmarsh
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in nearly half of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 14% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across Peasmarsh, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households with dependent children than 66% of UK towns: 26%
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 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. For Peasmarsh, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 4.1%. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
In Peasmarsh, 6.4% of households have no car or van, fewer 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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in flats is 23%; Peasmarsh has 5.8%. The usual figure: 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. Locally, just over two in five households live in a detached house.
In Peasmarsh, 9.2% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 71% 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
In Peasmarsh, 97% of residents have English as their main language, beside 90% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.9%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.1%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%, a higher share than 72% 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: 91% of Peasmarsh · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.8%), Chinese (1.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.1%). Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. Peasmarsh has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 57% of UK towns, at 91%. By its share of residents with no religion (39%), Peasmarsh is below just over three fifths of UK towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 50% in Peasmarsh, more than in 64% 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
Unpaid carers: 7.8%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
44% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 44% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Peasmarsh
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peasmarsh | 468 | — | 55.9 | 37% | 26% |
| Shalford | 2,508 | 0.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 27% |
| Farncombe | 13,247 | 1.4 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 29% |
| Bramley and Wonersh | 4,193 | 1.6 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 29% |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 2 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 29% |
| Godalming | 10,450 | 2.2 mi | 41.5 | 17% | 32% |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 2.8 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 29% |
| Shamley Green | 1,200 | 2.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 31% |
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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 Peasmarsh’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 Peasmarsh’s residents
What is the population of Peasmarsh?
The 2021 Census counted 468 people in Peasmarsh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Peasmarsh?
The median age was 55.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 37% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Peasmarsh?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Peasmarsh?
39% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.1% didn’t answer.
Is Peasmarsh good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Peasmarsh’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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