Settled homeowners, mostly in the second half of their careers. Nearly nine in ten households own their home. The median resident is about fifty. More than half hold a degree. People come to East Horsley to stop moving.
All figures here come from the 2021 census unless stated otherwise. East Horsley has 6,836 residents in 2,697 households, and about 86% of those households own their home. About 9% rent privately and about 5% rent from a social landlord. In a place where owning is this normal, a "to let" sign is noticed by the neighbours.
The median age is about 50, and only about 15% of residents are aged 25 to 44, the years when most people buy their first family home. That's the price of entry showing up in the age profile rather than any reluctance to move here. Anyone in their thirties who does buy in should expect to be "the young couple next door" for at least a decade.
Household income is high. The Office for National Statistics models median household income at about £89,000 before tax for the financial year to March 2023, averaged across the area. That's a figure from a few years ago rather than today's pay packets, but it explains the second car on the drive better than any brochure.
East Horsley's households run heavily to couples and families who have been here a while. Lone-parent households make up about 6% of the total, a small share in a village built around large family houses.
About 27% of households are couples with children, and about 21% are one person living alone. Within that single-person group, about 14% of all households are pensioners living alone, so most people living alone here are retired rather than young professionals. That fits the rest of the profile: the family years and the years after them, sharing the same roads.
About 55% of residents aged 16 and over hold a degree-level qualification, about 9% have no formal qualifications and about 2% are full-time students. So the village is heavily educated but not a student town, and the degree certificates are mostly from a while back. The pub quiz is presumably more competitive than it needs to be.
Of the total population, 99 people live in communal settings such as care homes rather than private households. That's too few to change how any of the shares above should be read.
The community is one of East Horsley's real strengths. It's settled, well off, well educated and staying put, which suits anyone who wants neighbours who'll still be there in ten years and can live with being the youngest on the street.