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48.8Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Burham ranks below 95% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 7.1%

Half of Burham’s residents are over 48.8, older than in nearly four in five UK towns. For Burham, the census puts one-person households at 25%. Census day 2021: 1,293 residents and 554 households here. Households in detached houses make up 15%, against 21% across England’s towns.

24%aged 65 or over 3.2%born abroad 554households

Ages

Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Burham, more than in 65% of UK towns

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

BurhamEngland’s towns

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

No age band is larger than 50–54: 9.4% of residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. More residents aged 15 to 24 than in 82% of UK towns: 11%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1513%

15 to 2411%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6431%

65 and over24%

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Burham

England

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Students & newcomers

3.6% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 94% 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

Full-time students3.6%

Higher managerial and professional12%

Lower managerial and professional21%

Intermediate15%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical7%

Semi-routine9.3%

Routine14%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.3%

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Burham

7.7%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 7.7%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Managerial and professional jobs account for 33% of Burham’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 23%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Locally, 7.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.

Households

Below 85% of UK towns: 23% of households have dependent children

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

Living alone, 66+ 12%Living alone, under 66 13%Families with dependent children 23%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 3.8%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Burham

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person25%

2 people42%

3 people16%

4 people12%

5 or more5.2%

England’s towns.

In Burham the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 3.8% here. Typically, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.

Homes & cars

34% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 89% of UK towns

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

Type of home

Burham

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van7.1%

One41%

Two35%

Three or more17%

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Households in flats: 6.1%, below 78% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.

Where people were born

100% of residents have English as their main language, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach

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%

Burham

3.2%

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 language100%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.4%

Another main language, little or no English0%

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Born outside the UK: 3.2% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. 100% of residents have English as their main language.

Ethnicity & religion

Above 83% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British

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

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1.3%

Asian0.9%

Mixed2.1%

Black0%

Other0.1%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 96% of Burham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion45%

Christian50%

Muslim0.1%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.8%

Other religion0.1%

Didn’t answer4.5%

0%30%60%

Leading the other groups after White British: Mixed or multiple (2.1%), Other White (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%). Residents with no religion are more common here than in three quarters of UK towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops 51% of UK towns: 50%.

Relationships & caring

More unpaid carers than 80% of UK towns: 11% of residents

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 partnership33%

Married or civil partnership49%

Separated2.1%

Divorced11%

Widowed5.6%

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

131residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 11%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week6%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more3.2%

33% of Burham’s adults have never married or formed a civil partnership and 49% are married, against 39% and 44% across England’s towns. At 50 hours or more a week, 40 people give unpaid care. Adults who have never married are more common here than in just over half of UK towns.

Qualifications

Adults with a degree-level qualification: 25%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications18%

Apprenticeship8.2%

A levels or similar18%

Degree level25%

BurhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications cover 25% of adults in Burham, 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification, against 18%.

Neighbours

Burham is older than every town around it

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

EcclesSnodlandHallingLarkfieldChathamCuxtonWest MallingBurham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Burham	1,293	—	48.8	24%	23%
Eccles	1,706	0.7 mi	39.4	16%	31%
Snodland	11,820	1.9 mi	38.6	16%	31%
Halling	2,926	2.4 mi	37.8	13%	35%
Larkfield	26,147	2.6 mi	42	20%	32%
Chatham	76,956	2.9 mi	37.6	15%	34%
Cuxton	3,039	3.4 mi	48.2	26%	27%
West Malling	4,251	3.8 mi	39.1	19%	31%

More about Burham’s residents

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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 Burham’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 Burham’s residents

What is the population of Burham?

The 2021 Census counted 1,293 people in Burham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Burham?

The median age was 48.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Burham?

96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 3.2% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Burham?

45% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.

Is Burham good for families?

23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Burham’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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