Borden Hall · Photo: Stefan Czapski · CC BY-SA 2.022% of households are one person living alone, below 95% of UK towns
With a median age of 50, Borden is older than 84% of UK towns. Its 223 households held 528 residents at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 14% of residents give unpaid care. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 96% in Borden and 73% across England’s towns.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, a higher share than 82% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 8.6% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents aged 15 to 24: 11% here, more than in 80% of UK towns. On average, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 92% 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%.
At 11%, the share of residents who moved in within the year is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
In Borden, 22% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 88% 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.
A household here has 2.4 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. The census found that 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Borden.
Households in flats make up 6.3% in Borden, less than in 77% 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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 18% in Borden and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%. The census found that nearly two in five households live in a detached house locally. 14% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 60% of UK towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 4.3% in Borden, less than in 73% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (0.6%). Borden has more residents whose main language is English than 75% of UK towns, at 99%. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
Borden ranks above 69% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 53%
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: 96% of Borden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.5%), Indian (0.4%) and Caribbean (0.2%). To put it in context, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. More residents with no religion than in 51% of UK towns: 41%.
Above 80% of UK towns: 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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 33. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 31% here, fewer than in 57% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 26%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 26% of adults in Borden (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 19% (England’s towns: 18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Borden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borden | 528 | — | 50 | 27% | 22% |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 1.6 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Newington | 2,691 | 2.2 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 3.1 mi | 36.1 | 11% | 45% |
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | 3.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Upchurch | 1,727 | 3.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Teynham | 3,128 | 4.2 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 30% |
| 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 Borden’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 Borden’s residents
What is the population of Borden?
The 2021 Census counted 528 people in Borden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Borden?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Borden?
96% 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 Borden?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Borden good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Borden’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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