Photo: Murraypaul at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds without a car or van make up 3.6% in West Clandon, less than in 99% of UK towns
Nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 24% in West Clandon. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 4.9%. Higher than in 94% of UK towns: 60% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,233, in 472 households.
Older than 78% of UK towns: half of West Clandon is over 48.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 78% of UK towns: 11%. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 61% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
West Clandon sits above 93% of UK towns for full-time students (7.4%)
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%.
Where just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, West Clandon has 10%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
18% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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.
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. On average, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 34% of the total. More shared households of unrelated adults than in 90% of UK towns: 3.8%.
Households in detached houses make up 68% in West Clandon, more 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, nearly one in ten households live in a flat or apartment in West Clandon. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%.
West Clandon ranks above 84% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 14%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.9%) and in Africa (3.9%). For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later; here, 4.7%.
31% said they have no religion, fewer than in 91% 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: 87% of West Clandon · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (6.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Indian (1.2%). On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of UK towns.
62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 21 people. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 8.8%, fewer than in 67% of UK towns. The comparison figure for married adults and civil partners is 44% across England’s towns.
51% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
West Clandon’s adults: 51% with a degree-level qualification and 8.9% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. A levels top the qualifications of 13%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
Older than West Clandon: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Clandon | 1,233 | — | 48.7 | 23% | 34% |
| Send | 4,094 | 1.9 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 29% |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 2.1 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 31% |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 2.5 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 23% |
| Jacobs Well | 1,122 | 2.9 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 24% |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 3.1 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 3.3 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 29% |
| Chilworth | 1,917 | 3.7 mi | 45.9 | 22% | 29% |
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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 West Clandon’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 West Clandon’s residents
What is the population of West Clandon?
The 2021 Census counted 1,233 people in West Clandon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in West Clandon?
The median age was 48.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is West Clandon?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 14% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in West Clandon?
31% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is West Clandon good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on West Clandon’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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