Photo: Mark Boyce · CC BY-SA 3.0Younger than 95% of UK towns: half of Wisley is under 35.8
The figure for residents with no religion is 52% in Wisley and 37% across England’s towns. The village counted 176 residents and 76 households at the 2021 Census. In Wisley, 16% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home. 5.9% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns.
Only 7.3% of residents are 65 or over in Wisley
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 25–29: 14% of residents, 2.1 times the share across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 16%, a higher share than 97% 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%.
Where 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns, Wisley has 9.4%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 34% in Wisley, more than in 83% 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.
25% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). Against that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 92% of UK towns: 7.8%
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
16% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Higher than in 79% of UK towns: 18% of households live in a flat or apartment. In Wisley, nearly a quarter of households live in a detached house.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 96% of UK towns: 25%
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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 85% of residents have English as their main language in Wisley. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 41%, a lower share than 90% 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: 73% of Wisley · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (16%), Mixed or multiple (3.4%) and Indian (1.7%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than in 91% of UK towns: 73%. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
In Wisley, 47% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, more 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
Students and young renters account for much of that. Married adults and civil partners: 42% of the total.
39% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Wisley, 39% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 18%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
The towns around Wisley are all older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisley | 176 | — | 35.8 | 7.3% | 25% |
| Byfleet | 14,187 | 1.7 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 33% |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 2 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 23% |
| New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater | 33,035 | 2.1 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 32% |
| Send | 4,094 | 3.2 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 29% |
| Addlestone | 13,748 | 3.3 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 29% |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 3.6 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 32% |
| Weybridge | 15,918 | 3.6 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Wisley’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 Wisley’s residents
What is the population of Wisley?
The 2021 Census counted 176 people in Wisley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wisley?
The median age was 35.8 at the 2021 Census. 6.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 7.3% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wisley?
73% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 25% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wisley?
52% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Wisley good for families?
25% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wisley’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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