Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Westcott is over 49.5, older than 83% of UK towns
Households without a car or van make up 11%, against 24% across England’s towns. Westcott has fewer households in terraced houses than 78% of UK towns, at 13%. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 2,275, in 935 households. Here, 52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25% in Westcott, more than in 74% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.3%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 78% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Westcott, 46% and 14%. Compared with other places, full-time students are scarce here: 4.7%, fewer than in 55% of UK towns. Typically, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Westcott ranks below 64% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 26%
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.
By its share of one-person households (29%), Westcott is below 62% of UK towns. 3.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, a higher share than in 90% of UK towns. The average household has 2.4 people.
16% of households live in a flat, more than in 72% 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
36% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 79% of UK towns, at 12%
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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 97%, against 90% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (4.1%) and in Africa (3.5%).
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns: 88%
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: 88% of Westcott · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Westcott comes in at 51%. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The Muslim share of residents is 1.1%. At 40%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 54% of UK towns.
Below 76% of UK towns: 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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 64 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Adults who have never married: 39% across England’s towns, for comparison. On unpaid carers, Westcott sits lower than 53% of UK towns: 9.3%.
Degree-level qualifications: 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Westcott’s adults: 45% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Westcott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcott | 2,275 | — | 49.5 | 25% | 26% |
| Dorking | 17,463 | 1.7 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 27% |
| Gomshall | 1,378 | 3.6 mi | 46 | 19% | 32% |
| Brockham | 2,206 | 3.7 mi | 50.3 | 27% | 27% |
| Great Bookham and Fetcham | 21,655 | 3.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 27% |
| Beare Green | 1,940 | 4 mi | 51 | 28% | 21% |
| Box Hill | 1,271 | 4 mi | 65.2 | 50% | 6.6% |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 4.5 mi | 49.3 | 25% | 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 Westcott’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 Westcott’s residents
What is the population of Westcott?
The 2021 Census counted 2,275 people in Westcott’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Westcott?
The median age was 49.5 at the 2021 Census. 9.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Westcott?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 12% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Westcott?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.8% didn’t answer.
Is Westcott good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Westcott’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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