Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Barham is over 51.8, older than 91% of UK towns
58% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. On the census count, 50% of households live in a detached house. Households in terraced houses are rarer here than in 87% of UK towns. Barham’s 329 households held 786 residents at the 2021 Census.
More residents aged 65 and over than 88% of UK towns: 29%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 8.4% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.6%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Barham, 6.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 89% 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%.
In Barham, 44% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 14% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 4.9% of adults are full-time students. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.4%, a higher share than 55% 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.
Lower than in 53% of UK towns: 27% of households have dependent children. Against that, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 30%. Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns.
Barham ranks below 83% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 9.8%
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
6.4% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Barham: 98% of residents have English as their main language, above 69% 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
6.9% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.9%), then in Africa (1.3%).
34% of residents said they have no religion, below 86% of UK towns
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: 92% of Barham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and African (0.4%). The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%. Barham has fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 51% of UK towns, at 92%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 81% of UK towns: 28%
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
53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers account for 9.1%.
40% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Barham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 21% (England’s towns: 18%).
3 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Barham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barham | 786 | — | 51.8 | 29% | 27% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 2.5 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 3.3 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 3.4 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 23% |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 4.8 mi | 51.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 5 mi | 49.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 5.3 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Lyminge | 1,918 | 6.1 mi | 55.1 | 37% | 21% |
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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 Barham’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 Barham’s residents
What is the population of Barham?
The 2021 Census counted 786 people in Barham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Barham?
The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Barham?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Barham?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Barham good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Barham’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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