Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Redhill sits above 98% of UK towns for households in flats (38%)
In Redhill, 15% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. There were 13,415 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 32,516 residents. Locally, 67% of residents describe themselves as White British. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 33%, more than in 88% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Redhill’s people
More born abroad than most towns
24% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across Surrey’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (9.6%) and in EU countries (6.8%). Where people were born ↓
A town of flats
38% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 98% of UK towns. 20% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Redhill’s residents are under 38 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 9.6% are 15 to 24 and 14% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Redhill at 30,600 in 2011 and 36,100 in 2024, up 18%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 82% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Faster growth than 82% of UK towns: Redhill changed by +18% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Redhill’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 30,600 people in 2011; 36,100 in 2024.
Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+27%) and the 16 to 29 least (+3%). The biggest one-year rise was mid-2023 to mid-2024, 1,210 people.
Younger than 89% of UK towns: half of Redhill is under 38
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 14% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.6%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Redhill, 38. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 75% of UK towns: 5.5%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 45% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. On the census count, 12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 80% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, against 29% in Redhill. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 4.1%.
In Redhill, 20% of households have no car or van, more than in 73% 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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 18% in Redhill and 24% across England’s towns. Meanwhile, about one household in 5 lives without a car or van, the 2nd highest share in Surrey.
More residents born outside the UK than 96% of UK towns: 24%
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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Redhill comes in at 89%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Below 70% of UK towns: 47% 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: 67% of Redhill · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 4.8%. At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 73% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
A lower share of unpaid carers than 94% of UK towns, at 7.3%
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
For 592 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. 37% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a higher share than in 77% of UK towns. Married people and civil partners make up 48% of adults, against 44% across England’s towns.
45% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Redhill’s adults: 45% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
From a median age of 36 in Redhill East to 40 in Reigate South Park
The town’s 5 neighbourhoods (ONS middle-layer areas with 500+ residents inside it, named by the House of Commons Library), youngest first. Census 2021.
Reigate South Park is the oldest area, with 16% aged 65 or over; Redhill East the youngest (median age 36). Families with children are most common in Reigate South Park (36% of households).
Ranked by age, 21st youngest of 208 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Hatfield (30.3), the youngest, and Rustington (56.2), the oldest. Nearest to Redhill in age: Chadderton (38), Great Yarmouth (38), Newton-le-Willows (38.1) and Ingleby Barwick (38.2).
Older than Redhill: 6 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redhill | 32,516 | — | 38 | 14% | 33% |
| Reigate | 23,774 | 1.3 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 35% |
| South Nutfield | 1,951 | 1.7 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 30% |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 1.9 mi | 37.5 | 13% | 37% |
| Salfords | 1,873 | 2.2 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 27% |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 3.1 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Bletchingley | 2,372 | 3.1 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 32% |
| Horley | 27,067 | 3.9 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 34% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Redhill’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Redhill’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 33,048 people in 2021, against 32,516 in the built-up area.
- 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 Redhill’s residents
What is the population of Redhill?
The 2021 Census counted 32,516 people in Redhill’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 36,100 people in mid-2024, 18% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Redhill?
The median age was 38 at the 2021 Census, younger than 89% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Redhill?
67% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 24% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Redhill?
37% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.8% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Redhill good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Reigate South Park (36% of households). Schools are on Redhill’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024 · House of Commons Library MSOA names. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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