Photo: Alan Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 70.2: Penton Hook is older than 99% of UK towns
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 1.8% in Penton Hook. The share of one-person households stands at 64%. At 2.1%, the share of households in flats is lower than in 97% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 404 residents in the village, living in 285 households.
65% of Penton Hook is 65 or over, a higher share than 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: 18% of residents, 3.8 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 1%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 3% in Penton Hook, less than in 99% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Penton Hook, 16% and 42%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns, at 0.4%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Penton Hook, 1.4. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 94% of UK towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Fewer detached houses than 97% of UK towns: 7% of households
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
With households without a car or van at 27%, Penton Hook is ahead of 90% of UK towns on that count. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 71% of UK towns: 99%
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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 7.9% in Penton Hook. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (3%) and in EU countries (2.7%). Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A smaller share of residents with no religion than 98% of UK towns: 24%
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: 95% of Penton Hook · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Penton Hook has 69%. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. On the census count, 95% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 14%
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
Married adults and civil partners: 38%, below 95% of UK towns. 20 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. On average, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
12% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 12% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 46% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Penton Hook
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penton Hook | 404 | — | 70.2 | 65% | 0.4% |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 0.7 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 28% |
| Chertsey | 14,558 | 1.5 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 30% |
| Staines-upon-Thames | 21,327 | 1.5 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 28% |
| Thorpe | 1,226 | 1.6 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 32% |
| Shepperton Green | 4,358 | 1.7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 30% |
| Ashford | 22,823 | 2.3 mi | 40.9 | 18% | 32% |
| Lyne | 1,202 | 2.3 mi | 50.2 | 24% | 22% |
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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 Penton Hook’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 Penton Hook’s residents
What is the population of Penton Hook?
The 2021 Census counted 404 people in Penton Hook’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Penton Hook?
The median age was 70.2 at the 2021 Census. 1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 65% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Penton Hook?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Penton Hook?
24% said they had no religion and 69% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Penton Hook good for families?
0.4% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Penton Hook’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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