Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.08.9% of households live in a terraced house, below 91% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Appledore Heath, 25%. The village is home to 581 residents in 245 households, by the 2021 Census. For Appledore Heath, the census puts households without a car or van at 8.1%. 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 86% of UK towns.
Half of Appledore Heath is over 47.7, older than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Appledore Heath is above 68% of UK towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A larger share of full-time students than 79% of UK towns: 5.7%
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%.
28% of Appledore Heath’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 8.8%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 69% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Appledore Heath has 2.5%. Households with dependent children: just over a quarter of the total. The village has fewer one-person households than 51% of UK towns, at 30%.
Households in flats: 6.1%, a lower share than 78% of UK towns
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
With households in detached houses at 38%, Appledore Heath is ahead of 73% of UK towns on that count. By way of comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
4.5% of residents were born outside the UK, below 71% 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
By its share of residents whose main language is English (98%), Appledore Heath is above 68% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Appledore Heath sits above 79% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (95%)
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: 95% of Appledore Heath · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Against a figure of 37% across England’s towns, the share of residents with no religion in Appledore Heath comes in at 39%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.5%).
A larger share of unpaid carers than 91% of UK towns: 11%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 27 residents. Typically, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 62% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Appledore Heath’s adults: 26% with a degree-level qualification and 21% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
A younger town than 6 of the 7 around it: Appledore Heath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appledore Heath | 581 | — | 47.7 | 25% | 26% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 2.5 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 3.4 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 4.8 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 20% |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 5 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 6.3 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Rye | 4,888 | 6.6 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 19% |
| Camber | 1,132 | 7.1 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 22% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Appledore Heath’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 Appledore Heath’s residents
What is the population of Appledore Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 581 people in Appledore Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Appledore Heath?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Appledore Heath?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Appledore Heath?
39% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Appledore Heath good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Appledore Heath’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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