Photo: P L Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 98% of UK towns: 4.2%
54% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. For Send, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 58%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. This Surrey town had 4,094 residents and 1,653 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 48.1 (older than 75% of UK towns).
From 2011 to 2024, 54% of UK towns grew faster than Send: +7%
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Send’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,200 people in 2011; 4,500 in 2024.
Growth was strongest among the 65 and over (+25%) and weakest among the 30 to 44 (−5%). Mid-2021 to mid-2022 brought the biggest yearly rise, 90 people.
Older than 75% of UK towns: half of Send is over 48.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Send, 9.4%. At the same time, at 25%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 72% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Send, 48.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Full-time students: 5.6%, a higher share than 78% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 47% of Send’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 14%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.4%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.5 people per household, more than in 86% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Send. Locally, 29% of households have dependent children.
Households without a car or van make up 7.1% in Send, less than in 95% 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
In Send, 7.3% of households live in a flat or apartment, beside 23% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 76% of UK towns: 10%
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in Africa (2.4%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 57% of UK towns. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 21% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 8.1%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 83% of UK towns: 56%
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: 89% of Send · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 36%, below 80% of UK towns. 89% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.9%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (0.9%).
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Send, less than in 88% 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
92 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 57% of UK towns. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 43%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Send’s adults: 43% with a degree-level qualification and 12% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of 695 UK towns its size (3,000 to 6,000 people), the 270th oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Bailrigg (18.9) and the oldest Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7). Nearest to Send in age: Bayston Hill (48), Makeney (48.1), Battle (48.1) and Sedgefield (48.2).
Older than Send: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Send | 4,094 | — | 48.1 | 25% | 29% |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 1.4 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 23% |
| West Clandon | 1,233 | 1.9 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 34% |
| Jacobs Well | 1,122 | 2.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Woking | 75,655 | 2.9 mi | 39.2 | 15% | 32% |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 3.4 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 3.5 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 29% |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 3.9 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 32% |
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 Send’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. Send’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,242 people in 2021, against 4,094 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 Send’s residents
What is the population of Send?
The 2021 Census counted 4,094 people in Send’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,500 people in mid-2024, 7% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Send?
The median age was 48.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 75% of UK towns. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Send?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Send?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Send good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Send’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. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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