Church of St Augustine · Photo: Edgepedia · CC BY-SA 3.0In Brookland, 4.7% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
By its share of unpaid carers (14%), Brookland is above 99% of UK towns. At the same time, the village has fewer households in flats than 92% of UK towns, at 3.1%. The 2021 Census counted 478 residents in 193 households. One-person households account for 24%.
A median age of 47.7: Brookland is older than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% here and 12% across England’s towns. Lower than in 52% of UK towns: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
More full-time students than 83% of UK towns: 5.9%
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Brookland, 31% and 24%. Higher than in 77% of UK towns: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Set beside that, 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.
Larger households than 87% 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.
Set against 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Brookland. On the census count, 27% of households have dependent children.
9.3% of households have no car or van, below 86% of UK towns
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 share of households in detached houses is 42%, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Brookland ranks above 99% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 100%
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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 5.7% here, fewer than in 57% of UK towns. The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
56% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 86% 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: 95% of Brookland · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British; in Brookland, 95%. For comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents with no religion stands at 38%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 84% of UK towns, at 54%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%; Brookland has 29%. The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 32. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
24% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 24% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
Brookland sits below 5 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookland | 478 | — | 47.7 | 22% | 27% |
| Camber | 1,132 | 4.6 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 22% |
| Lydd | 3,911 | 4.7 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 26% |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 4.7 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 31% |
| New Romney | 3,870 | 5 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 23% |
| Rye | 4,888 | 5.4 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 19% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 5.8 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
| Littlestone-on-Sea | 5,271 | 6 mi | 57.9 | 37% | 17% |
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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 Brookland’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 Brookland’s residents
What is the population of Brookland?
The 2021 Census counted 478 people in Brookland’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Brookland?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Brookland?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Brookland?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 3.8% didn’t answer.
Is Brookland good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Brookland’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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