Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 8.1%, a lower share than 93% of UK towns
In Warlingham, 82% of residents describe themselves as White British, beside 73% across England’s towns. The share of households without a car or van stands at 12%. The median age here is 46.2, higher than in 63% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 8,918 residents in 3,736 households.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns, at 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 50–54: 7.4% of residents. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 59% of UK towns. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Warlingham, 46.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
A lower share of full-time students than 50% of UK towns, at 4.8%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Warlingham has 44% and 14%. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year account for 8.7%.
Larger households than 75% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Warlingham. One-person households are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns. The share of households with dependent children stands at 30%.
24% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 90% 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
21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 34% in Warlingham. Elsewhere, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Warlingham: 11% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.9%). The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. Warlingham has fewer residents whose main language is English than 61% of UK towns, at 97%. The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are 9.6% of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns).
In Warlingham, 53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 73% 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: 82% of Warlingham · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.6% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Fewer residents with no religion than in three quarters of UK towns: 37%. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Warlingham: 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, above 74% 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
Some 213 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Compared with other places, adults who have never married are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. At 9.2%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 34%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 34% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 15% hold no qualification (18%).
175th oldest of 482 UK towns of 6,000 to 12,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Warlingham in age: Ashbourne (46.2), Great Shelford and Stapleford (46.2), Diss (46.3) and Ottery St Mary (46.3).
Warlingham is younger than 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warlingham | 8,918 | — | 46.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Whyteleafe | 3,174 | 1 mi | 35.3 | 10% | 31% |
| Caterham | 22,757 | 2.1 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 34% |
| Woldingham | 2,223 | 2.2 mi | 36.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Chaldon | 1,441 | 3 mi | 51.6 | 27% | 29% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 3.7 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Netherne on-the-Hill | 1,475 | 4 mi | 37.8 | 8.3% | 44% |
| Godstone | 2,648 | 4.1 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
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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 Warlingham’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 Warlingham’s residents
What is the population of Warlingham?
The 2021 Census counted 8,918 people in Warlingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Warlingham?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 63% of UK towns. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Warlingham?
82% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Warlingham?
37% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.6% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Warlingham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Warlingham’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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