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51.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Older than 91% of UK towns: half of Brook is over 51.8

Against a figure of 21% across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses in Brook comes in at 87%. The census found that 0.8% of households live in a terraced house in the village. Adults who have never married are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The village counted 329 residents and 127 households at the 2021 Census.

27%aged 65 or over 5.8%born abroad 127households

Ages

A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of UK towns: 7.7%

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

BrookEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Here, 27% of residents are 65 or over.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1519%

15 to 247.6%

25 to 4415%

45 to 6432%

65 and over27%

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

Brook

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Brook sits below 79% of UK towns for full-time students (4.2%)

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

Full-time students4.2%

Higher managerial and professional26%

Lower managerial and professional30%

Intermediate12%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical2.3%

Semi-routine6.4%

Routine5.7%

Never worked or long-term unemployed2.3%

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Brook

8.3%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 8%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Brook has 55% and 12%. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. Residents who moved in within the year: 8% of the total.

Households

16% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 9.5%Living alone, under 66 6.3%Families with dependent children 30%Couples and families, no young children 52%Shared houses and other 2.4%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Brook

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person16%

2 people44%

3 people14%

4 people17%

5 or more7.9%

England’s towns.

30% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Households average 2.6 people. More shared households of unrelated adults than in just over half of UK towns: 2.4%.

Homes & cars

A lower share of households in flats than 99% of UK towns, at 0.8%

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Brook

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van5.6%

One28%

Two45%

Three or more21%

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Households without a car or van make up 5.6%, against 24% across England’s towns. The share of households in flats across England’s towns is 23%.

Where people were born

Brook sits above 79% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (99%)

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%

Brook

5.8%

Kent’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.6%

Another main language, little or no English0.6%

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK; in Brook, 5.8%. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (2.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.8%).

Ethnicity & religion

A smaller share of residents with no religion than 86% of UK towns: 33%

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

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White4.3%

Asian0.3%

Mixed1.2%

Black0%

Other0.3%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 94% of Brook · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion33%

Christian54%

Muslim0.3%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.3%

Other religion0.9%

Didn’t answer11%

0%30%60%

Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Brook, 94%. Add to that, more residents who describe themselves as Christian than in 75% of UK towns: 54%. The benchmark for residents with no religion across England’s towns: 37%.

Relationships & caring

Married adults and civil partners make up 65% in Brook, more than in 99% 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

Never married or in a civil partnership19%

Married or civil partnership65%

Separated1.5%

Divorced7.9%

Widowed6.8%

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

24residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 7.7%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours1%

50 hours or more2.6%

On unpaid carers, 7.7% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%. 8 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 48% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications9.7%

Apprenticeship6%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level48%

BrookKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of adults in Brook (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 9.7% (England’s towns: 18%).

Neighbours

Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Brook are older

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

WyeBrabourne LeesAshfordFinberryAldingtonChallockLymingeBrook

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Brook	329	—	51.8	27%	30%
Wye	2,064	1.8 mi	49.1	29%	25%
Brabourne Lees	1,479	2.6 mi	51.2	29%	24%
Ashford	82,143	3.8 mi	37.2	15%	35%
Finberry	1,571	3.8 mi	30.3	4.1%	47%
Aldington	1,280	4.7 mi	43.3	22%	33%
Challock	1,089	5.4 mi	46.1	22%	31%
Lyminge	1,918	6.2 mi	55.1	37%	21%

More about Brook’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Brook’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 Brook’s residents

What is the population of Brook?

The 2021 Census counted 329 people in Brook’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Brook?

The median age was 51.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Brook?

94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Brook?

33% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.

Is Brook good for families?

30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brook’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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