Photo: Dave Spicer · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
Here 87% of households live in a detached house, where the figure across England’s towns is 21%. One-person households account for 17%. A third of households have dependent children, more than in 89% of UK towns. There were 145 households in Walliswood at the 2021 Census, home to 388 residents.
A median age of 47.7: Walliswood is older than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Across Walliswood, 9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More residents who moved in within the year than 93% of UK towns: 13%
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%.
5.2% of adults are full-time students (England’s towns: 7.9%). Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 98% of UK towns: 2.7 people each 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.
Walliswood sits close to the norm on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5%, about the same as across England’s towns.
In Walliswood, 0.7% of households have no car or van, 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
2.1% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 54% of UK towns: 5.9%
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in Africa (1.3%). To put it in context, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, against 98% in Walliswood.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 60%, a higher share than 94% 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 Walliswood · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 31% in Walliswood. Higher than in 64% of UK towns: 94% of residents describe themselves as White British. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian.
More married adults and civil partners than 97% of UK towns: 59%
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 26% in Walliswood and 39% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. In Walliswood, 6.9% of residents give unpaid care.
48% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of adults in Walliswood (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 11% (England’s towns: 18%).
Walliswood is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walliswood | 388 | — | 47.7 | 20% | 33% |
| Ewhurst | 1,517 | 2.1 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 24% |
| Rudgwick | 2,145 | 3.6 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Cranleigh | 10,430 | 3.7 mi | 45.6 | 26% | 26% |
| Slinfold | 1,163 | 4.5 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 27% |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 4.7 mi | 51 | 28% | 21% |
| Broadbridge Heath | 6,357 | 4.8 mi | 36.2 | 11% | 40% |
| Horsham | 50,211 | 5.8 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 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 Walliswood’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 Walliswood’s residents
What is the population of Walliswood?
The 2021 Census counted 388 people in Walliswood’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Walliswood?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Walliswood?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Walliswood?
31% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7.5% didn’t answer.
Is Walliswood good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Walliswood’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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