Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.06% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 97% of UK towns
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 8.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Brasted. 915 residents in 369 households: that is Brasted at the 2021 Census. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total. Households with dependent children are more common here than in 87% of UK towns.
Half of Brasted is over 44.8, older than 52% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.1% of residents. Brasted has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 52% of UK towns, at 22%. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.2% of adults are full-time students in Brasted
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.2%, above 60% of UK towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Larger households than 88% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.4%), Brasted is above 55% of UK towns.
More households in terraced houses than 86% of UK towns: 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
Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Brasted comes in at 32%. 8.9% of households live in a flat or apartment. Across the comparison, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 75% of UK towns, at 10%
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 whose main language is English: 97%, below 67% of UK towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (2.7%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
86% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 76% 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: 86% of Brasted · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Christians make up 53% of residents, against 46% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Residents with no religion account for 38%.
More unpaid carers than 88% of UK towns: 11% of residents
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 figure for adults who have never married is 32% in Brasted and 39% across England’s towns. The census found that 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in the village. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 38% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 16% hold no qualification (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 5 are older than Brasted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasted | 915 | — | 44.8 | 22% | 33% |
| Sundridge | 1,190 | 0.8 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 1.7 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | 2.9 mi | 36.3 | 12% | 34% |
| Sevenoaks | 26,474 | 3.2 mi | 42 | 18% | 36% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 3.8 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 4.4 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 4.6 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 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 Brasted’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 Brasted’s residents
What is the population of Brasted?
The 2021 Census counted 915 people in Brasted’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brasted?
The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brasted?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brasted?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Brasted good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brasted’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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