Photo: Penny Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0Bredgar is older than 92% of UK towns: a median age of 52
20% of households have dependent children, against 29% across England’s towns. Across Bredgar, 97% of residents describe themselves as White British. The village has fewer shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 1.1%. Census day 2021: 447 residents and 189 households locally.
In Bredgar, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4%, below 61% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 19% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. In Bredgar, nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Below 81% of UK towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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.
In Bredgar the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Bredgar sits above 92% of UK towns for households in detached houses (53%)
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
Compared with 23% across England’s towns, 3.7% of households live in a flat or apartment here. On households in terraced houses, Bredgar sits lower than 91% of UK towns: 9%. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. In Bredgar, 7.9% of households have no car or van.
Below 93% of UK towns: 2.9% of residents were born outside the UK
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 largest groups were born in EU countries (1.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.7%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are common here: 99%, more than in 90% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
61% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% 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: 97% of Bredgar · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Bredgar, just over a third of residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 90% of UK towns, at 56%
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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. 8.9% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%.
Among adults, 29% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 29% of Bredgar’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have no qualification (18%).
Bredgar is older than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bredgar | 447 | — | 52 | 27% | 20% |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 2.8 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Newington | 2,691 | 3 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | 4.3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 4.6 mi | 36.1 | 11% | 45% |
| Upchurch | 1,727 | 4.8 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 4.8 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Teynham | 3,128 | 4.8 mi | 39.7 | 20% | 30% |
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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 Bredgar’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 Bredgar’s residents
What is the population of Bredgar?
The 2021 Census counted 447 people in Bredgar’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bredgar?
The median age was 52 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bredgar?
97% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 2.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bredgar?
35% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bredgar good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bredgar’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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