Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in detached houses make up 81% in Sandy Cross, more than in 99% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 4.6% here and 24% across England’s towns. Sandy Cross is home to 283 residents in 108 households, by the 2021 Census. For Sandy Cross, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 0.9%. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 95% of UK towns.
Older than 89% of UK towns: half of Sandy Cross is over 50.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27% here and 18% across England’s towns. On the census count, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
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 6.4% in Sandy Cross, less than in 93% 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 Sandy Cross, 52% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 8.9% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 5.5% of adults are full-time students. As a yardstick, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Only 17% of households in Sandy Cross are one person living alone
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.
The average household has 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 28% of the total. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%.
2.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 0.9% in Sandy Cross. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 84% 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
The largest groups were born in Africa (3.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.5%). The comparison figure for residents whose main language is English is 90% across England’s towns. 9.9% of residents were born outside the UK, a higher share than in 73% of UK towns.
66% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 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: 94% of Sandy Cross · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 94%, against 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents who describe themselves as Christian come to 46%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (4.6%), African (0.4%) and Mixed or multiple (0.4%).
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns, at 71%
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
The figure for adults who have never married is 20% in Sandy Cross and 39% across England’s towns. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On the census count, 5.5% of residents give unpaid care.
Degree-level qualifications reach 47% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Sandy Cross counts 47% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%).
Older than Sandy Cross: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Cross | 283 | — | 50.9 | 27% | 28% |
| Badshot Lea | 1,883 | 1.3 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 2 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Weybourne | 11,241 | 2.5 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 29% |
| Farnham | 20,499 | 2.6 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 31% |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 2.7 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Elstead | 2,261 | 2.9 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 25% |
| Normandy | 1,665 | 3.5 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 25% |
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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 Sandy Cross’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 Sandy Cross’s residents
What is the population of Sandy Cross?
The 2021 Census counted 283 people in Sandy Cross’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sandy Cross?
The median age was 50.9 at the 2021 Census. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sandy Cross?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 9.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sandy Cross?
29% said they had no religion and 66% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 3.5% didn’t answer.
Is Sandy Cross good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sandy Cross’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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