Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Few flats: only 0.6% of households in Bredhurst live in one
Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%; Bredhurst has 5.6%. The village had 437 residents and 173 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 49.7. 23% of households have dependent children. At 59%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 96% of UK towns.
A median age of 49.7: Bredhurst is older than 83% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. What’s more, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 68% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 84% 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%.
By class, 44% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Across England’s towns, full-time students come to 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 86% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 5.2%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Households here average 2.5 people each.
A village of detached houses: 61% of households live in one
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, Bredhurst has 9.6%. Households in detached houses make up 21% across England’s towns.
3% of residents were born outside the UK, below 91% 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 whose main language is English: 99% here and 90% across England’s towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.4%) and in EU countries (0.7%).
59% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Bredhurst · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion make up 37%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 94% in Bredhurst. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
Adults who have never married make up 26% in Bredhurst, less than in 88% 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
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Bredhurst comes in at 7.5%. By way of comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 13 residents.
A degree-level qualification for 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bredhurst counts 32% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 12% have no qualification (18%).
No nearby town is as old as Bredhurst
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
- “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 Bredhurst’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 Bredhurst’s residents
What is the population of Bredhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 437 people in Bredhurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bredhurst?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bredhurst?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bredhurst?
37% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 3.7% didn’t answer.
Is Bredhurst good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bredhurst’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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