Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 2.9%
The figure for households in terraced houses is 3.8% in Blue Bell Hill and 24% across England’s towns. For Blue Bell Hill, the census puts adults who have never married at 27%. One-person households are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census Blue Bell Hill was home to 857 people in 341 households.
Half of Blue Bell Hill is over 47.7, older than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Blue Bell Hill comes in at 21%. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
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 lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 4.5%
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 Blue Bell Hill, just over two in five adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 5.9% of adults are full-time students in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 84% of UK towns: 2.5 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 1.8%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households have dependent children.
Households in detached houses: 72%, a higher share than 99% 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
Nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 3.2% in Blue Bell Hill. As a yardstick, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 55% of UK towns: 6.9%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in the Middle East and Asia (3.5%) or in EU countries (2%). Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Blue Bell Hill comes in at 98%.
Above 75% 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: 88% of Blue Bell Hill · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British trails 71% of UK towns: 88%. 44% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 81% of UK towns. Set beside that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Indian (3.9%), Other White (3.4%) and Mixed or multiple (1.8%).
A larger share of married adults and civil partners than 89% of UK towns: 55%
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
At 8.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 15 residents.
A degree-level qualification for 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
13% of Blue Bell Hill’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 33% have one at degree level (34%).
Older than Blue Bell Hill: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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 Blue Bell Hill’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 Blue Bell Hill’s residents
What is the population of Blue Bell Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 857 people in Blue Bell Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Blue Bell Hill?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Blue Bell Hill?
88% 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 Blue Bell Hill?
45% said they had no religion and 44% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Blue Bell Hill good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Blue Bell Hill’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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