Photo: Des Blenkinsopp · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 4.8% of households have no car or van
With households in terraced houses at 6.5%, Worplesdon is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. For Worplesdon, the census puts one-person households at 21%. On adults who have never married, Worplesdon sits lower than 91% of UK towns: 25%. In 2021, the Census found 928 residents in the village, living in 370 households.
In Worplesdon, 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 70% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Worplesdon’s residents are over 45.6, older than in 58% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 19%. No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.6% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Worplesdon ranks above 90% of UK towns on full-time students: 6.7%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Worplesdon, 49% and 12%. On residents who moved in within the year, Worplesdon sits higher than just over two thirds of UK towns: 9.7%. Elsewhere, 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.
Bigger households than 89% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
Little separates the share of shared households of unrelated adults here, 4.6%, from the figure across England’s towns. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 31% here, more than in 80% of UK towns.
A village of detached houses: 48% of households live in one
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 flats is 13%, against 23% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
11% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 76% 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 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.8%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.8%). On residents whose main language is English, Worplesdon sits higher than just over half of UK towns: 98%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 74% of UK towns: 87%
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 Worplesdon · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (5.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.9%) and Indian (1.7%). Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 56% of UK towns. Meanwhile, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns.
61% 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 22 people. Worplesdon has more unpaid carers than 70% of UK towns, at 10%. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
47% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
47% of Worplesdon’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.2% have none (18%). The highest qualification of 17% is A levels, often students still at university.
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Worplesdon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worplesdon | 928 | — | 45.6 | 19% | 31% |
| Fairlands | 1,119 | 1.2 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 22% |
| Jacobs Well | 1,122 | 1.9 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 24% |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 2.1 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Brookwood | 1,428 | 2.2 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 36% |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 2.6 mi | 34.7 | 14% | 29% |
| Pirbright | 3,920 | 2.8 mi | 24.7 | 6% | 47% |
| Woking | 75,655 | 3 mi | 39.2 | 15% | 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 Worplesdon’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 Worplesdon’s residents
What is the population of Worplesdon?
The 2021 Census counted 928 people in Worplesdon’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Worplesdon?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Worplesdon?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Worplesdon?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 6.2% didn’t answer.
Is Worplesdon good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Worplesdon’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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