Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Weybridge ranks above 98% of UK towns on households in flats: 36%
Households with dependent children: 32% here and 29% across England’s towns. 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, a lower share than in 90% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Weybridge was home to 15,918 people in 6,798 households. Census figures put residents with no religion at 34% locally.
What the Census says about Weybridge’s people
More born abroad than most towns
24% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across Surrey’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (8.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (5.2%). Where people were born ↓
A town of flats
36% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 98% of UK towns. 12% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A growing town: +9% since 2011, faster than 55% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Weybridge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 15,400 people in 2011; 16,700 in 2024.
Between mid-2018 and mid-2019 the population rose by 280, its biggest one-year gain. The 45 to 64 age group moved most (+24%); the 30 to 44 group moved least (−15%).
Younger than 61% of UK towns: half of Weybridge is under 43.1
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
On residents aged 65 and over, 18% here is much the same as across England’s towns. In Banstead, the oldest of Surrey’s towns by this measure, it is 28%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Weybridge, 43.1. 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.
A higher share of full-time students than 74% of UK towns, at 5.5%
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%.
12% of residents lived at another address a year earlier (England’s towns: 11%). The wider picture: 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.
32% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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.
2.5% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%. Households here average 2.3 people each. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van make up 12% in Weybridge, less than in 71% 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 share of households in terraced houses trails 54% of UK towns: 19%. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are scarce here: 28%, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. The usual figure: 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
24% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 96% of UK towns don’t reach
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 30%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are a fifth of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. For Weybridge, the census puts residents whose main language is English at 93%.
54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 78% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 72% of Weybridge · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (14%), Mixed or multiple (4.1%) and Indian (2.5%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 92% of UK towns: 72%.
6.8% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 97% 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
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Weybridge comes in at 53%. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. In Weybridge, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 55%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 55% of adults in Weybridge (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.4% (England’s towns: 18%).
Of 354 UK towns its size (11,000 to 21,000 people), the 142nd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Aberystwyth (25) and the oldest Sidmouth (60.4). Nearest to Weybridge in age: Watton (43.1), Abbots Langley and Kings Langley (43.1), Ebbw Vale (43.1) and Sleaford (43.2).
Weybridge is younger than 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weybridge | 15,918 | — | 43.1 | 18% | 32% |
| Shepperton | 5,917 | 1.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Addlestone | 13,748 | 1.8 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 29% |
| Byfleet | 14,187 | 1.9 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Hersham | 12,622 | 2 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 38% |
| Walton-on-Thames | 27,016 | 2 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 33% |
| Shepperton Green | 4,358 | 2.1 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 30% |
| Upper Halliford | 2,337 | 2.2 mi | 50 | 29% | 24% |
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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 Weybridge’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Weybridge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 16,297 people in 2021, against 15,918 in the built-up area.
- 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 Weybridge’s residents
What is the population of Weybridge?
The 2021 Census counted 15,918 people in Weybridge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 16,700 people in mid-2024, 9% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Weybridge?
The median age was 43.1 at the 2021 Census, younger than 61% of UK towns. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Weybridge?
72% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 24% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Weybridge?
34% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.6% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Weybridge good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Weybridge’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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