Basic facts about Surrey Heath.
This report provides a summary of the latest available information on the demographic and socio-economic make-up of the 16 Wards in Surrey Heath. It looks at the population structure and provides information on the economic, housing and educational achievement of each Ward.
Geography and population Here is a breakdown of Surrey Heath giving the area, population size and gender split of each Ward. In terms of area, Surrey Heath is ranked 7 out of the 11 Districts within the Surrey County, and is ranked 39 out of all 55 Districts in South East.
The total area of Surrey Heath District is 9,509 hectares. The Ward with the largest area is Chobham, representing 24.32% of the total area of the District.
The most densely populated Ward is Heatherside with 34.20 persons per hectare; the least densely populated Ward is Chobham with 1.60 persons per hectare.
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The total resident population of Surrey Heath is 86,144. The Ward with the largest population is Mytchett and Deepcut, representing 8.24% of the total resident population of Surrey Heath .
Percentage Of all Percentage Of all Number Of all Area (census) usual residents - usual residents - usual residents female male
2011 2011 2011 2011
hectares people % %
Bagshot 865 5,592 50.1 49.9
Bisley 366 3,965 43.2 56.8
Chobham 2,313 3,799 50.7 49.3
Frimley 214 6,178 51.0 49.0
Frimley Green 234 5,717 50.7 49.3
Heatherside 177 6,049 51.0 49.0
Lightwater 419 6,791 51.3 48.7
Mytchett and 1,015 7,101 49.3 50.7 Deepcut
Old Dean 304 4,636 52.2 47.8
Parkside 273 6,180 50.4 49.6
St Michaels 202 5,197 50.0 50.0
St Pauls 247 5,790 50.6 49.4
Town 263 4,912 50.7 49.3
Watchetts 212 5,152 50.1 49.9
West End 1,452 4,693 50.5 49.5
Windlesham 955 4,392 50.3 49.7
Age This table gives a broad age breakdown by Ward in Surrey Heath. Mytchett and Deepcut Ward has the highest number of 0-17 year olds representing 8.09% of that age group within the District.
Lightwater Ward has the highest number of people aged 65 and over representing 8.79% of that age group in Surrey Heath.
Population aged 0 to 17 Population aged 18 to 64 Population aged 65 and (census) (census) over (census)
2011 2011 2011
people people people
Bagshot 1,158 3,529 905
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Bisley 779 2,665 521
Chobham 746 2,208 845
Frimley 1,394 3,744 1,040
Frimley Green 1,284 3,610 823
Heatherside 1,445 3,738 866
Lightwater 1,452 4,073 1,266
Mytchett and Deepcut 1,547 4,405 1,149
Old Dean 1,236 2,732 668
Parkside 1,302 3,662 1,216
St Michaels 1,072 3,284 841
St Pauls 1,324 3,349 1,117
Town 991 3,116 805
Watchetts 1,074 3,180 898
West End 1,333 2,717 643
Windlesham 993 2,597 802
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This map shows numbers of households with dependent children for all Wards in Surrey Heath.
Mytchett and Deepcut is the Ward with the highest number of households (867) with dependent children in the District and Chobham is the Ward with the lowest number of households with dependent children (425).
Ethnic mix This table shows the ethnic mix of each Ward in Surrey Heath. Frimley Ward has the highest number of Asian / Asian British residents in the District.
Bisley Ward has the highest number of Black / African / Caribbean /Black British residents in Surrey Heath.
Residents who Residents who Residents who are Residents who Residents who are are Asian/Asian Black/African/C are Other are White Mixed/multiple British aribbean/Black ethnic group ethnic groups British
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
people people people people people
Bagshot 5,211 87 243 24 27
Bisley 3,647 102 109 103 4
Chobham 3,628 63 72 20 16
Frimley 5,229 115 722 79 33
Frimley Green 5,319 97 236 48 17
Heatherside 5,558 105 287 50 49
Lightwater 6,408 105 237 24 17
Mytchett and 6,556 101 288 88 68 Deepcut
Old Dean 4,056 107 400 51 22
Parkside 5,531 121 407 72 49
St Michaels 4,238 133 664 103 59
St Pauls 5,159 99 416 43 73
Town 4,252 99 450 62 49
Watchetts 4,286 112 640 56 58
West End 4,432 91 122 26 22
Windlesham 4,182 89 96 12 13
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Housing There are 33,546 households in Surrey Heath, this chart shows the households of each Ward in Surrey Heath broken down by tenure. Old Dean Ward has 93 households rented from the council, which is the highest number for any Ward in Surrey Heath.
Old Dean Ward has 662 households of other types of social renting, which is the highest number for any Ward in Surrey Heath.
Employment Old Dean Ward has the highest percentage of residents in Surrey Heath who are long term unemployed or who have never worked.
The bar chart below shows the size of these two groups separately for each Ward in Surrey Heath against the average for the District.
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Education The 2011 Census recorded the educational achievement of residents; this chart shows the proportion of residents split by each Ward reporting to have no qualifications.
Old Dean Ward has the highest percentage of residents in Surrey Heath who have no qualifications (28.60%) compared to 15.00% for Surrey Heath as a whole.
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Health This chart shows the general health of residents by each Ward in Surrey Heath, as self-reported in the 2011 Census. Watchetts Ward has the highest percentage of residents in Surrey Heath who report they are in very bad health (1.1%).
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References
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