Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0Tatsfield ranks below 96% of UK towns on one-person households: 21%
By its share of households in detached houses (54%), Tatsfield is above 92% of UK towns. For Tatsfield, the census puts adults who have never married at 27%. Compared with other places, households without a car or van are scarce here: 7.5%, fewer than in 94% of UK towns. The village’s 542 households held 1,379 residents at the 2021 Census.
What the Census says about Tatsfield’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Tatsfield’s residents are under 50.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 87% of UK towns: half of Tatsfield is over 50.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 9.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. In Tatsfield, 28% of residents are 65 or over. At 10%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 6.8% in Tatsfield, 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%.
5.4% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten 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.
Larger households than 92% of UK towns: 2.5 people on average
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 4.4%. For Tatsfield, the census puts households with dependent children at 30%.
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
The figure for households in flats is 8.1% in Tatsfield and 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 78% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (0.9%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Compared with other places, residents born outside the UK are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in just over three fifths of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 57%, a higher share than 89% 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: 93% of Tatsfield · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 37%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
Tatsfield ranks above 88% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 55%
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
31 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Tatsfield has fewer unpaid carers than 83% of UK towns, at 8%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 30% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 30% of adults in Tatsfield (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 15% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every neighbour of Tatsfield has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | — | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 2.6 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 2.6 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 2.9 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 3.4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Warlingham | 8,918 | 3.7 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Sundridge | 1,190 | 4.5 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Whyteleafe | 3,174 | 4.6 mi | 35.3 | 10% | 31% |
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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 Tatsfield’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 Tatsfield’s residents
What is the population of Tatsfield?
The 2021 Census counted 1,379 people in Tatsfield’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Tatsfield?
The median age was 50.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Tatsfield?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Tatsfield?
37% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Tatsfield good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Tatsfield’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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