Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 88% of UK towns
At 2.4 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Here, just over one in ten households have no car or van. Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as White British: 89% here, fewer than in 69% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 4,712 residents and 1,925 households in Borough Green.
Only 9.1% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Borough Green
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 7.3% of residents. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Borough Green, 43.9. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Borough Green: 5% of adults are full-time students, above 59% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Borough Green, 39% and 18%. Nearly one in ten residents had moved in within the year before the Census, fewer than the 11% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A larger share of households with dependent children than 81% of UK towns: 31%
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.
2.4% of households are unrelated adults living together, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
A higher share of households in detached houses than 59% of UK towns, at 32%
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 flats is 12% in Borough Green and 23% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 68% of UK towns: 8.8%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3.2%) and in Africa (2.1%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 97% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%).
Only 40% of residents said they have no religion in Borough Green
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: 89% of Borough Green · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and Bangladeshi (1.1%). Against that, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Set against 46% across England’s towns, just over half of residents describe themselves as Christian in Borough Green.
In Borough Green, 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 67% 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
31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 39%. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. For 117 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week.
A degree-level qualification for 34% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Borough Green, 34%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
Ranked by age, 211th youngest of 695 UK towns this size
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Borough Green in age: Lane End (43.9), Iver Heath (43.9), Loughor (43.9) and Little Paxton (44).
Older than Borough Green: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Green | 4,712 | — | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 1.3 mi | 48 | 23% | 35% |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 1.3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 2.2 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 3.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 3.7 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Seal | 1,616 | 3.9 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 4.3 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
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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 Borough Green’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 Borough Green’s residents
What is the population of Borough Green?
The 2021 Census counted 4,712 people in Borough Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Borough Green?
The median age was 43.9 at the 2021 Census, younger than 55% of UK towns. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Borough Green?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Borough Green?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.5% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Borough Green good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Borough Green’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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