Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 99% of UK towns: 0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Wyke has 5.2%. The 2021 Census counted 555 residents in 215 households. Across Wyke, 19% of households are one person living alone. The village has more married adults and civil partners than 88% of UK towns, at 55%.
Half of Wyke is over 47.3, older than 71% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Wyke sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, about the same as across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 20%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer 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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Wyke, 34% and 19%. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison. Census figures put full-time students at 5.8% here.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Wyke households average 2.6 people, larger than in 96% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Wyke. On top of that, on households with dependent children, Wyke sits higher than just over three fifths of UK towns: 28%.
Only 8.4% of households in Wyke 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
Where 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, Wyke has 35%. At the same time, every 12th household or so has no car or van.
7.4% born outside the UK, more than in 59% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.8%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.4%). The share of residents born outside the UK across England’s towns is 18%. 98% of residents have English as their main language, a lower share than in 52% of UK towns.
Wyke sits below 73% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (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 Wyke · Surrey’s towns 76% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 43% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (8.5%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Chinese (1.1%). Half of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 52% of UK towns.
More unpaid carers than 96% of UK towns: 12% of residents
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
18 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Elsewhere, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Lower than in 58% of UK towns: 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Wyke’s adults: 32% with a degree-level qualification and 23% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Older than Wyke: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyke | 555 | — | 47.3 | 20% | 28% |
| Ash and Ash Vale | 24,284 | 1.3 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 28% |
| Normandy | 1,665 | 1.4 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 25% |
| Aldershot | 39,827 | 2.6 mi | 37 | 14% | 32% |
| Wood Street Village | 1,586 | 3 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 34% |
| Badshot Lea | 1,883 | 3.1 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Fairlands | 1,119 | 3.4 mi | 53.6 | 33% | 22% |
| Deepcut | 2,163 | 4 mi | 34.4 | 8.3% | 40% |
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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 Wyke’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 Wyke’s residents
What is the population of Wyke?
The 2021 Census counted 555 people in Wyke’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wyke?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wyke?
87% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 76% across Surrey’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wyke?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Wyke good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wyke’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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