Photo: Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0More households with dependent children than 94% of UK towns: 35%
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 82% here, fewer than in 83% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 23,774 residents and 9,515 households in Reigate. The census found that 15% of households live in a terraced house locally.
What the Census says about Reigate’s people
A town of families
35% of Reigate’s 9,515 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 94% of UK towns. 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
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.
Since 2011, Reigate has grown +11%, faster than 63% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Reigate’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 23,600 people in 2011; 26,100 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 45 to 64 changed most (+21%) and 30 to 44 least (−5%). No year added more people than mid-2016 to mid-2017: 450.
Reigate is younger than 70% of UK towns: a median age of 41.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 40–44 than any other five-year age: 7.9% of residents. 9.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 64% of UK towns. Nothing unusual on residents aged 65 and over: 18%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Reigate, 41.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 5.6% in Reigate, more than in 76% 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 Reigate, 9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 69% of UK towns: 28%
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.
Here 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Households in flats make up 29% in Reigate, more than in 94% 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 without a car or van is 13% in Reigate and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. Households in detached houses account for 26%.
Reigate ranks above 85% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 14%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English make up 95%, against 90% across England’s towns. On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (3.5%).
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 57% of UK towns, at 49%
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: 82% of Reigate · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (7.8%), Mixed or multiple (3.5%) and Indian (1.5%). Lower than in 53% of UK towns: 41% of residents said they have no religion. To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Married adults and civil partners make up 53% in Reigate, more than in 78% 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
401 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Fewer unpaid carers than in 94% of UK towns: 7.3%. To put it in context, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married make up 31%, against 39% across England’s towns.
49% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Reigate, 11%, while 49% hold one at degree level (34%).
From a median age of 39 in Redhill West to 44 in Reigate Hill & Gatton
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 Hill & Gatton is the oldest area, with 21% aged 65 or over; Redhill West the youngest (median age 39). Families with children are most common in Reigate South Park (39% of households).
Ranked by age, 92nd youngest of 248 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 31.1 in Egham to 55.6 in Brixham. Nearest to Reigate in age: Newport (41.7), Sandhurst (41.8), Rhyl (41.8) and Stanley (42).
Around Reigate, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reigate | 23,774 | — | 41.8 | 18% | 35% |
| Redhill | 32,516 | 1.3 mi | 38 | 14% | 33% |
| Lower Kingswood | 2,029 | 2.6 mi | 46.8 | 23% | 29% |
| Salfords | 1,873 | 2.6 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 27% |
| South Merstham | 9,953 | 2.8 mi | 37.5 | 13% | 37% |
| South Nutfield | 1,951 | 2.9 mi | 45.7 | 20% | 30% |
| Brockham | 2,206 | 3.6 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Kingswood | 3,757 | 4 mi | 50.1 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Reigate’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. Reigate’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 24,912 people in 2021, against 23,774 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 Reigate’s residents
What is the population of Reigate?
The 2021 Census counted 23,774 people in Reigate’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 26,100 people in mid-2024, 11% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Reigate?
The median age was 41.8 at the 2021 Census, younger than 70% of UK towns. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Reigate?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Reigate?
41% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.8% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Reigate good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Families are most common in Reigate South Park (39% of households). Schools are on Reigate’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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