Waverley Abbey House · Photo: BabelStone · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 99% of UK towns: 90% of households live in a detached house
Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Runfold has 22%. At the 2021 Census Runfold was home to 382 people in 132 households. The census found that 33% of households have dependent children in the village. With a median age of 49.7, Runfold is older than 83% of UK towns.
In Runfold, 25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.7% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Runfold, 5.3% of adults are full-time students, more than in 69% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 11%. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns, at 14%
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 2.9 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Higher than in 77% of UK towns: 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Few flats: only 2.3% of households in Runfold live in one
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
Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
95% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 76% 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
The largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (5.5%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (4.7%). Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are common here: 18%, more than in 91% of UK towns. The share of residents whose main language is English across England’s towns is 90%.
Residents with no religion: 22%, a lower share than 99% 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: 78% of Runfold · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
64% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. The census found that 78% of residents describe themselves as White British in Runfold. Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Runfold ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 65%
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 4 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 74% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
57% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Runfold’s adults: 57% with a degree-level qualification and 5% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Runfold is younger than 1 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runfold | 382 | — | 49.7 | 25% | 33% |
| Badshot Lea | 1,883 | 1.4 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 1.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 2.2 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 2.4 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 2.8 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 3 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 3.5 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 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 Runfold’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 Runfold’s residents
What is the population of Runfold?
The 2021 Census counted 382 people in Runfold’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Runfold?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Runfold?
78% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Runfold?
22% said they had no religion and 64% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 4.2% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Runfold good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Runfold’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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