Photo: Russel Wills · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 36.1: Woldingham is younger than 94% of UK towns
Where just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Woldingham has 76%. Census day 2021: 2,223 residents and 640 households locally. On the census count, 7.3% of households live in a terraced house. More households with dependent children than in 92% of UK towns: 34%.
What the Census says about Woldingham’s people
A student village
The 2021 Census counted 263 full-time students aged 16 and over, 17% of adults, against 7.9% across England’s towns: more than in 99% of UK towns. That shows in the ages: 17% of residents are 15 to 24. Students & newcomers ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Woldingham’s residents are under 36.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 17% are 15 to 24 and 17% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Woldingham ranks above 98% of UK towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 17%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 17% in Woldingham. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
62% women, 38% men
About 60 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
17% of adults are full-time students, more than in 99% 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, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%; Woldingham has 13%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Woldingham ranks below 99% of UK towns on one-person households: 17%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Below 99% of UK towns: 3.3% of households have no car or van
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
5.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Households without a car or van: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
93% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 86% of UK towns
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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 40%. Higher than in 92% of UK towns: 20% of residents were born outside the UK. Against that, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (7.5%) and in EU countries (4.7%).
32% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 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: 71% of Woldingham · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (8.6%), African (5%) and Mixed or multiple (4%). Typically, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. At 71%, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is lower than in 92% of UK towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops nearly two thirds of UK towns: 52%.
Married adults and civil partners: 56%, a higher share than 92% 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
Adults who have never married: 32% here and 39% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 6.7%, fewer than in 97% of UK towns. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%.
A degree-level qualification for 46% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Woldingham counts 46% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 13% have no qualification (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 12%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Median age: 6 of the 7 towns around Woldingham are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woldingham | 2,223 | — | 36.1 | 17% | 34% |
| Warlingham | 8,918 | 2.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Caterham | 22,757 | 2.3 mi | 40.8 | 18% | 34% |
| Godstone | 2,648 | 2.5 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Whyteleafe | 3,174 | 2.5 mi | 35.3 | 10% | 31% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 2.6 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 2.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 2.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
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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 Woldingham’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 Woldingham’s residents
What is the population of Woldingham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,223 people in Woldingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Woldingham?
The median age was 36.1 at the 2021 Census. 17% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
Is Woldingham a student village?
Yes: 17% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (263 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Woldingham?
71% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 20% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Woldingham?
32% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 12% didn’t answer.
Is Woldingham good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Woldingham’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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