Photo: Ben Gamble · CC BY-SA 2.0Rushmoor ranks below 99% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 0.6%
Half of Rushmoor’s residents are over 51, older than in nearly nine in ten UK towns. The village is home to 426 residents in 161 households, by the 2021 Census. Locally, 4.3% of households live in a terraced house. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone; locally, 23%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 83% of UK towns: 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across Rushmoor, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. No age band is larger than 60–64: just over one in ten residents, 1.9 times the share 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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.8% in Rushmoor, less than in 88% 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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Rushmoor, 48% and 5.1%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten adults are full-time students in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Rushmoor households average 2.5 people, larger than in 85% of UK towns
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.
In Rushmoor, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are common here: 27%, more than in half of UK towns.
Above 99% of UK towns: 85% of households live in a detached house
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
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Rushmoor has 5.6%. Across the comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
12% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 81% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Residents whose main language is English: 98% here and 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (3.1%).
In Rushmoor, 39% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 62% 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: 92% of Rushmoor · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 48%, against 46% across England’s towns. At the same time, at 92%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is higher than in just over half of UK towns. The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Islam is the religion of 3.5% of residents.
In Rushmoor, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 96% 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
7% of residents give unpaid care; across England’s towns the figure is 8.7%. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns. The share of adults who have never married stands at 30%.
A degree-level qualification for 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 47% of adults in Rushmoor, 34% across England’s towns; 17% have no qualification, against 18%. For 11%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Rushmoor sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushmoor | 426 | — | 51 | 22% | 27% |
| Hindhead | 6,444 | 2.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 25% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 2.9 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Headley Down and Headley | 4,935 | 3.6 mi | 52.3 | 28% | 23% |
| Wrecclesham | 7,312 | 3.7 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 3.9 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Milford and Witley | 6,489 | 4.5 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 31% |
| Lindford | 2,740 | 4.8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 27% |
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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 Rushmoor’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 Rushmoor’s residents
What is the population of Rushmoor?
The 2021 Census counted 426 people in Rushmoor’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Rushmoor?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rushmoor?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Rushmoor?
39% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.5% were Muslim and 8.9% didn’t answer.
Is Rushmoor good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rushmoor’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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