East Surrey

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East Surrey is a green and scenic area bordering London, featuring towns such as Caterham, Oxted, and Warlingham. The Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty offers panoramic views, woodland walks, and cycle trails. Local markets, golf courses, and historic buildings add to the area’s rural yet well-connected appeal.

Wards in East Surrey

East Surrey is divided into 19 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Bletchingley & Nutfield
  • Burstow, Horne & Outwood
  • Chaldon
  • Dormansland & Felbridge
  • Godstone
  • Harestone
  • Hooley, Merstham & Netherne
  • Limpsfield
  • Lingfield & Crowhurst
  • Oxted North
  • Oxted South
  • Portley & Queens Park
  • Tatsfield & Titsey
  • Valley
  • Warlingham East & Chelsham & Farleigh
  • Warlingham West
  • Westway
  • Whyteleafe
  • Woldingham

East Surrey is a constituency that covers these wards in Reigate and Banstead / Tandridge.

Population by age group

The most recent data for constituencies in England and Wales comes from mid-year estimates for 2022. This tells us what the population was estimated to be on 30 June 2022.

Population by age group, June 2022
Age Band Constituency (Number) Constituency (%) Region (Number) Region (%) England & Wales (Number) England & Wales (%)
0 to 17 22,468 22.41% 1,962,885 20.93% 12,506,535 20.76%
18 to 24 6,118 6.10% 714,721 7.62% 5,008,522 8.31%
25 to 34 10,673 10.65% 1,147,461 12.23% 8,098,257 13.44%
35 to 49 19,740 19.69% 1,842,715 19.65% 11,575,752 19.22%
50 to 64 20,987 20.93% 1,865,056 19.88% 11,745,365 19.50%
65 and over 20,265 20.21% 1,846,995 19.69% 11,303,607 18.76%

Population by ethnic group

The most recent census asked people about their ethnic group. The census was carried out in March 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and in March 2022 in Scotland.

Population by ethnic group March 2021
Ethnic Group Constituency (Number) Constituency (%) Region (%) England & Wales (%)
English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 81,918 82.61% 78.84% 74.42%
Other White 4,459 4.50% 6.32% 6.15%
Indian 1,535 1.55% 2.60% 3.13%
White and Asian 1,281 1.29% 0.95% 0.82%
African 1,249 1.26% 1.62% 2.50%
Other Asian 1,152 1.16% 1.72% 1.63%
Irish 1,116 1.13% 0.84% 0.85%
Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,085 1.09% 0.78% 0.78%
White and Black Caribbean 1,072 1.08% 0.67% 0.86%
Caribbean 892 0.90% 0.47% 1.05%
Any other ethnic group 820 0.83% 1.14% 1.55%
Pakistani 532 0.54% 1.57% 2.66%
Chinese 496 0.50% 0.69% 0.75%
White and Black African 437 0.44% 0.42% 0.42%
Gypsy or Irish Traveller 347 0.35% 0.18% 0.11%
Other Black 312 0.31% 0.30% 0.50%
Bangladeshi 278 0.28% 0.43% 1.08%
Arab 125 0.13% 0.32% 0.56%
Roma 59 0.06% 0.14% 0.17%
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