Spelthorne Population Data

Spelthorne population data

(Based on 2021 Census data unless stated otherwise)

General Spelthorne context

According to the Indices of Deprivation 2019, the most deprived borough in Surrey is Spelthorne. Spelthorne has the highest number of lone parent families and the highest level of child poverty in Surrey; it also has the highest under-18 conception rate in the county. That said, residents are largely healthy, with life expectancy for both males and females slightly above the national average.

Spelthorne has a low rate of unemployment: 1.4% of those economically active aged 16 to 64, compared to the South East (2.2%) and UK as a whole (3.5%). Heathrow Airport is a significant local employer, with 8.3% of Spelthorne's working population employed there. Significantly, 21.5% of those in work in Stanwell North are in low level employment compared to an average of 11.6% in Surrey. Average wages are slightly above regional averages at £630 per week for full-time employees.

Whilst house prices remain well above the national average, most residents are owner-occupiers (73%), followed by private rented (13%) and social rented (12%).

First release of the new census data highlights a population increase in Spelthorne by 7.7%, from around 95,600 in 2011 to 103,000 in 2021. Spelthorne is the 14th most densely populated of the South East's 64 local authority areas with 2,295 of residents per square kilometre. Initial data also provides updates to both categories of age and sex as outlined below.

Total population

102,956

Sex

52,335 (50.8%)             Female

50,621 (49.2%)             Male

This is the sex recorded by the person completing the census. The options were "Female" and "Male".

Comparability with 2011: Highly comparable

Age breakdown

Age	Number of Residents	%
0-4	6,010	5.8
5-9	6,376	6.2
10-15	7,208	7
16-19	3,993	3.9
20-24	4,921	4.8
25-34	13,458	13.1
35-49	21,957	21.3
50-64	20,440	19.9
65-74	9,276	9
75-84	6,488	6.3
85 years and over	2,826	2.7

Marriage/Civil Partnership

More people in Spelthorne are married compared to the rest of England and Wales, and fewer people identify as single.

Status	Spelthorne
All usual residents aged 16+	83,362
Single (never married or never registered a same-sex civil partnership)	34.2%
Married	48.5%
In a registered same-sex civil partnership	0.2%
Separated (but still legally married or in a same-sex civil partnership)	2.2%
Divorced or formerly in a same-sex civil partnership which is now legally dissolved	9%
Widowed or surviving partner from a same-sex civil partnership	6.2%

Usual resident population

Status	Spelthorne
Lives in a household	99.3%
Lives in a communal establishment	0.7%

Household demographics

Type of Household	Total Number
One-person household - aged 66 years and over	5,363
One-person household - other	6,302
Single family household - all aged 66 years and over	3,706
Single family household - married or civil partnership couple with no children	4,127
Single family household - married or civil partnership couple with dependent children	7,314
Single family household - married or civil partnership couple with all children non-dependent	2,841
Single family household - cohabiting couple family with no children	2,338
Single family household - cohabiting couple family with dependent children	1,799
Single family household - cohabiting couple family with all children non-dependent	302
Single family household - lone parent family with dependent children	2,596
Single family household - lone parent family with all children non-dependent	1,796
Single family household - other family composition	311
Multiple-family household with dependent children	1,290
Multiple-family household - other, including all full-time students and all aged 66 years and over	1,720

Ethnicity

The ethnic make-up of Spelthorne is largely in line with the UK average, although we have more residents who identify as Asian and fewer residents who identify as Black than the national average.

Race	% of Total Population	Total Number
White	78.7%	81,000
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	12.8%	13,146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.7%	3,763
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African	2.5%	2548
Other	1%	921

 

National Identity

Race	% of Total Population	Total Number
British only identity	54.7%	56,300
English only identity	18.1%	18,597
English and British only identity	12.5%	12,846
Welsh only identity	0.3%	326
Welsh and British only identity	0.1%	133
Any other combination of only UK identities	0.9%	952
Non-UK identity only	10.9%	11,252
UK identity and non-UK identity	2.5%	2,551

Religion

Residents of Spelthorne predominately identify themselves as either Christian or having no religion. There is a smaller Muslim population compared with the national average, but a larger Hindu and Sikh population

Religion	% of Total Population	Total Number
Christian	50.9%	52,432
Muslim	4%	4,146
Hindu	4.2%	4,372
Buddhist	0.7%	703
Jewish	0.2%	174
Sikh	2.5%	2,612
Other	0.5%	520
No religion	31.2%	32,112
Not stated	5.7%	5,884

 

Country of birth

Country	% of Total Population	Total Number
Europe	87.4%	89,984
Europe: United Kingdom	79.1%	81,469
Europe: Other Europe (EU countries in March 2001, Ireland)	0.9%	907
Europe: Other Europe	7.4%	7,608
Africa	3.0%	3,076
Middle East and Asia	8.1%	8,335
The Americas and the Caribbean	1.2%	1,252
Antarctica	0.3%	314
Other	0%	0

 

Length of Residence in the UK

Length of Residence	% of Total Population	Total Number
Born in the UK	79.1%	81,469
10 years of more	13.5%	13,922
5 years or more, but less than 10 years	3.4%	3,549
2 years or more, but less than 5 years	2.2%	2,256
Less than 2 years	1.7%	1,760

 

Household Language

Language	% of Total Households	Total Number
All adults in household have English in England as a main language	87.8%	36,697
At least one but not all adults in household have English in England as a main language	4.9%	2,045
No adults in households, but at least one person aged 3 to 15 years, has English in England as a main language	1.8%	749
No people in household have English in England as a main language	5.5%	2,314

 

Economic Activity

Economic Status	% of Total Population aged 16 and over	Total Number
Economically active (excluding full-time student)	63.8%	53,162
In employment	60.6%	50,540
Unemployed	3.1%	2,622
Economically active and a full-time student	1.7%	1,393
In employment	1.2%	1,000
Unemployed	0.5%	393
Economically inactive	34.6%	28,808
Retired	21.1%	17,569
Student	3.6%	2,993
Looking after home or family	4.2%	3,495
Long-term sick or disabled	2.8%	2,332
Other	2.9%	2,419

 

Hours worked

Language	% of all residents aged 16 and over in employment the week before the census	Total Number
Part Time	26.6%	13,714
15 hours or less worked	9.7%	4,992
16 to 30 hours worked	16.9%	8,722
Full Time	73.4%	37,825
31 to 48 hours worked	62.2%	32,083
49 or more hours worked	11.1%	5,742

 

Industry

Industry	% of Total Population aged 16 and over the week before the census	Total Number
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	0.1%	52
Mining and quarrying	0.3%	180
Manufacturing	4.8%	2,484
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	0.7%	363
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation services	0.8%	414
Construction	8.9%	4,589
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	13.0%	6,724
Transport and storage	11.9%	6,111
Accommodation and food service activities	4.2%	2,154
Information and communication	8.1%	4,196
Financial and insurance activities	2.8%	2,332
Real estate activities	1.7%	887
Professional, scientific and technical activities	5.9%	3,021
Administrative and support service activities	6.4%	3,295
Public administration and defence: compulsory social security	5.4%	2,804
Education	9.0%	4,625
Human health and social work activities	10.6%	5,477
Other	4.9%	2,516

 

Occupation

Industry	% of Total Population aged 16 and over the week before the census	Total Number
Managers, directors and senior officials	14.5%	7,477
Professional occupations	19.5%	10,061
Associate professional and technical occupations	15.0%	7,719
Administrative and secretarial occupations	11.7%	6,055
Skilled trades occupations	9.8%	5,064
Caring, leisure and other service occupations	8.6%	4,417
Sales and customer service occupations	6.6%	3,397
Process, plant and machine operatives	6.3%	3,250
Elementary occupations	8.0%	4,099

 

Travel to work

Travel	% of Total Population aged 16 and over the week before the census	Total Number
Work mainly at or from home	35.9%	18,497
Underground, metro, light rail, tram	0.9%	470
Bus, minibus or coach	2.9%	1,477
Taxi	3.5%	1,826
Motorcycle, scooter or moped	0.3%	144
Driving a car or van	45.7%	23,540
Passenger in a car of van	2.6%	1,335
Bicycle	1.9%	971
On foot	4.5%	2,323
Other method of travel to work	1.1%	543

 

Housing

Housing	% of all households	Total Number
Owned: owns outright	33.4%	13,980
Owns with a mortgage or loan or shared ownership	35.9%	15,020
Social rented	12.7%	5,296
Private rented or lives rent free	18.0%	7,508

 

Car or van availability

Housing	% of all households	Total Number
No cars or vans in household	14.7%	6,156
1 car or van in household	42.0%	17,558
2 cars or vans in household	31.3%	13,082
3 or more cars or vans in household	12.0%	5,009

 

Accommodation type

Housing	% of all households	Total Number
Detached	19.0%	7,958
Semi-detached	34.2%	14,290
Terraced	19.7%	8,235
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement	22.8%	9,525
Part of converted or shared house, included bedsits	1.9%	815
Part of another converted building, e.g. former school, church or warehouse	0.6%	249
In a commercial building, e.g. an office building, hotel or over a shop	1.1%	454
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure	0.7%	278

 

Central heating

Housing	% of all households	Total Number
No central heating	1.4%	576
Mains gas only	78.5%	32,824
Tank or bottled gas only	0.9%	368
Electric only	10.3%	4,322
Oil only	0.1%	55
Wood only	0.0%	2
Solid fuel only	0.0%	6
Renewable energy only	0.2%	84
District or communal heat networks only	0.5%	216
Other central heating only	0.8%	316
Two or more types of central heating (not including renewable energy)	6.7%	2,818
Two or more types of central heating (including renewable energy)	0.5%	217

 

Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation
Straight or Heterosexual	75,505
Gay or Lesbian	1088
Bisexual	704
All other sexual orientations	161
Not answered	5904

 

Gender identity

Gender identity
Gender identity the same as sex registered at birth	78,340
Gender identity different from sex registered at birth but no specific identity given	159
Trans woman	75
Trans man	75
Non binary	17
All other gender identities	13
Not answered	4,682

 

Highest level of qualification

Highest level of qualification	% of all residents aged 16 or over	Total Number
No qualifications	16.8%	14,012
Level one and entry level qualifications	11.1%	9,231
Level 2 qualifications	14.4%	12,028
Apprenticeship	5.2%	4,367
Level 3 qualifications	15.9%	13,227
Level 4 qualifications or above	33.6%	27,996
Other qualifications	3.0%	2,501

 

Schoolchildren and full-time students

All usual residents aged 5 years and over (96,946)
Student	17,751
Not a Student	79,195

 

General health

General health
Very good health	51,913
Good health	35,432
Fair health	11,642
Bad health	3,072
Very bad health	897

 

Long term health problems or disabilities

Disabilities
Disabled under the Equality Act; Day to day activities limited a lot	5,824
Disabled under the Equality Act; Day to day activities limited a little	8,814
Not disabled under the Equality Act: Has long term physical or mental health condition but day to day activities are not limited	6,766
Not disabled under the Equality Act: No long term of physical or mental health conditions	81,552

 

Provision of unpaid care

All residents aged 5 and over
Provides no unpaid care	88,683
Provides 19 hours or less unpaid care a week	4,388
Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week	1,559
Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week	2,316

Disability

As of July 2019, there were around 2,020 PIP claimants in Spelthorne. In comparison, there was an average of 2,500 claimants per constituency across the southeast. Within Spelthorne, psychiatric disorders were the most common reason for claiming PIP. They accounted for 37% of awards, compared to 36% in Great Britain. 'Psychiatric disorders' include anxiety and depression, learning disabilities and autism. The second most common reason for awards was musculoskeletal disease (general), which accounted for 17% of awards within the constituency.

Type of Household	Percentage of Total Population
Households with long-term health problem or disability - with dependent children	4%
Households with long-term health problem or disability - without dependent children	18.7%

 

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Language

Languages
All adults in household have English as a main language	36,697 households
At least one, but not all adults in household, have English as a main language	2,045 households
No adults in household, but at least one person aged 3 to 15 years, has English as a main language	749 households
No people in household have English as a main language	2,314 households

 

Sources

Spelthorne Local Authority 2021 Census Area Profile 2021 Census Profile for areas in England and Wales - Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk)