Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer households in detached houses than 91% of UK towns: 12%
The figure for households with dependent children is 24% in Allhallows and 29% across England’s towns. By contrast, the median age locally is 49.2, higher than in 81% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 1,684 residents in 697 households. Adults who have never married account for 30%.
What the Census says about Allhallows’s people
Many carers
188 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 95% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Many older residents
28% of residents were 65 or over in 2021, more than in 85% of UK towns; 15% of households are someone 66 or over living alone. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28% in Allhallows, more than in 85% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8%, against 12% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students make up 2.9% in Allhallows, less 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 6.6%, against 11% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.4 people per household, more than in 79% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.6%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. For Allhallows, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
Fewer households in flats than 76% of UK towns: 6.3%
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 nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Allhallows has 18%. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. For Allhallows, the census puts households without a car or van at 12%.
In Allhallows, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 91% 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
With residents born outside the UK at 4.3%, Allhallows is behind nearly three quarters of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (1.7%) and in Africa (1.5%).
Above 74% of UK towns: 45% of residents said they have no religion
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: 93% of Allhallows · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 93%, against 73% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. The next-largest groups, after White British, are Mixed or multiple (2.1%), African (1.8%) and Other White (1.6%). Fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than in three fifths of UK towns: 48%.
Allhallows sits above 95% of UK towns for unpaid carers (12%)
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 77. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 64% of UK towns. As a reference point, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 17% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Allhallows, 17% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 29% have no qualification at all (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Allhallows
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allhallows | 1,684 | — | 49.2 | 28% | 24% |
| Grain | 1,728 | 3.1 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 32% |
| High Halstow | 1,823 | 3.7 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 31% |
| Canvey Island | 38,004 | 4.5 mi | 46.3 | 26% | 26% |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 8,758 | 5 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 31% |
| Sheerness | 13,253 | 5.6 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 35% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 182,295 | 5.9 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 28% |
| Queenborough | 3,915 | 5.9 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 33% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Kent’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Kent (or England), summed the same way as Allhallows’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 Allhallows’s residents
What is the population of Allhallows?
The 2021 Census counted 1,684 people in Allhallows’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Allhallows?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 8.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Allhallows?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Allhallows?
45% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Allhallows good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Allhallows’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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