Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 39% in Bullingstone, more than in 98% of UK towns
A fifth of households are one person living alone; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. The 2021 Census counted 196 residents in 76 households. The share of adults who have never married stands at 18%. Higher than in 95% of UK towns: 58% of households live in a detached house.
Half of Bullingstone is over 47.6, older than 72% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 55–59: 11% of residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Across Bullingstone, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Below 99% of UK towns: 5.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Bullingstone, 9%. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.6 people per household, more than in 97% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns.
Fewer households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.6%
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. In one household in 15 there is no car or van. Here 18% of households live in a terraced house, where the figure across England’s towns is 24%.
Above 86% of UK towns: 15% 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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Bullingstone comes in at 98%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (4.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (4.1%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 88% of UK towns: 57%
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: 85% of Bullingstone · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (11%), Indian (1.6%) and African (1%). 85% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 77% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Bullingstone, 34%.
68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 5 people. Fewer unpaid carers than in 87% of UK towns: 7.8%. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 48%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
48% of Bullingstone’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 8.5% have none (18%). Many still at university: 17% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Older than Bullingstone: 2 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bullingstone | 196 | — | 47.6 | 22% | 39% |
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | 1 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 32% |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 2.4 mi | 41.9 | 17% | 33% |
| Groombridge | 1,077 | 2.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 2.6 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 30% |
| Leigh | 1,104 | 3.6 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 5 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 31% |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 33% |
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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 Bullingstone’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 Bullingstone’s residents
What is the population of Bullingstone?
The 2021 Census counted 196 people in Bullingstone’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bullingstone?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bullingstone?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bullingstone?
34% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Bullingstone good for families?
39% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bullingstone’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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