Photo: Robert Eva · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in flats make up 26% in Shepperton, more than in 92% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24; in Shepperton, 8.2%. Few places have as many one-person households: 33% here, more than in 72% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Shepperton was home to 5,917 people in 2,657 households. Here, 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
Half of Shepperton is over 49.5, older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Where 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, Shepperton has 27%. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Shepperton, 49.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
Only 4.3% of adults are full-time students in Shepperton
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%.
With residents who moved in within the year at 9%, Shepperton is ahead of 56% of UK towns on that count. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Fewer family households than 76% of UK towns: 25% in Shepperton
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.
Households average 2.2 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households with dependent children come to 29%. 3.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
14% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 74% 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 Shepperton, 11% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across Shepperton, 33% of households live in a detached house.
Shepperton: 13% of residents born outside the UK
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
16% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. In Shepperton, 96% of residents have English as their main language. Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents with no religion than 85% of UK towns: 34%
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: 85% of Shepperton · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.4% of residents. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. Shepperton has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 79% of UK towns, at 85%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 78% of UK towns: 28%
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
138 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in three quarters of UK towns. For adults who have never married, the comparison across England’s towns is 39%. Unpaid carers make up 9%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 36% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 36% of adults in Shepperton (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
624 UK towns of 4,000 to 8,000 people: this is the 142nd oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Shepperton in age: Eaton Bray and Edlesborough (49.4), Joyden's Wood (49.5), Blackfield and Langley (49.5) and Llandrindod Wells (49.5).
Around Shepperton, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepperton | 5,917 | — | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Upper Halliford | 2,337 | 0.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 24% |
| Shepperton Green | 4,358 | 0.8 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 30% |
| Weybridge | 15,918 | 1.6 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Walton-on-Thames | 27,016 | 1.8 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 33% |
| Ashford Common | 8,333 | 1.9 mi | 41.3 | 18% | 30% |
| Sunbury-on-Thames | 21,476 | 2 mi | 40.5 | 17% | 34% |
| Laleham | 2,521 | 2.5 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “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 Shepperton’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 Shepperton’s residents
What is the population of Shepperton?
The 2021 Census counted 5,917 people in Shepperton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Shepperton?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 83% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Shepperton?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Shepperton?
34% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Shepperton good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Shepperton’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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