Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0In Bidborough, 18% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, 34% of households have dependent children here. Bidborough had 914 residents in 343 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households without a car or van stands at 6.7%. Households in detached houses are more common here than in 98% of UK towns.
Older than 75% of UK towns: half of Bidborough is over 48.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
23% of Bidborough is 65 or over, against 19% across Kent’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.7%, a lower share than 72% 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 Bidborough, 54% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.4% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Here, 7.1% of adults are full-time students. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 97% of UK towns: 2.6 people each 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2.3% of the total.
5.5% of households live in a terraced house, below 97% 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
On households in flats, Bidborough sits higher than half of UK towns: 11%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
In Bidborough, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 93% 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
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in Africa (2.8%) and in EU countries (2.2%). For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. On residents born outside the UK, Bidborough sits higher than 63% of UK towns: 7.9%.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 60% in Bidborough, more than in 94% 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: 91% of Bidborough · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents with no religion at 34%, Bidborough is behind 86% of UK towns on that count. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.2%) and Indian (1.3%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Bidborough sits lower than 56% of UK towns: 91%.
65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Bidborough comes in at 10%. Across the comparison, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nearly a quarter of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
55% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 55% of its adults qualified to degree level, Bidborough compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 8.2% hold no qualification (18%). For 13%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as old as Bidborough
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidborough | 914 | — | 48.2 | 23% | 34% |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 1.3 mi | 41.9 | 17% | 33% |
| Leigh | 1,104 | 2 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | 2.4 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 32% |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 2.7 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 30% |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 2.9 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 31% |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 3 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 33% |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 4.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 28% |
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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 Bidborough’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 Bidborough’s residents
What is the population of Bidborough?
The 2021 Census counted 914 people in Bidborough’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bidborough?
The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bidborough?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bidborough?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.1% didn’t answer.
Is Bidborough good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bidborough’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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