Photo: Jacqui Sadler · CC BY-SA 2.0Challock sits below 99% of UK towns for households without a car or van (4%)
Across England’s towns, 21% of households live in a detached house; in Challock, 71%. Census figures put one-person households at 16% here. The village has more married adults and civil partners than 98% of UK towns, at 60%. In 2021, the Census found 1,089 residents in the village, living in 402 households.
A median age of 46.1: Challock is older than 62% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: 8.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 10% of the total. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 52% 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.
6.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 87% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 45% of Challock’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 13%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. For Challock, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
2.7 people per household, more than in 98% 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.
By its share of shared households of unrelated adults (2.2%), Challock is below 55% of UK towns. Locally, 31% of households have dependent children.
Few flats: only 1.5% of households in Challock 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
With households in terraced houses at 6%, Challock is behind 97% of UK towns on that count. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 82% of UK towns: 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (1.3%), then in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.2%). To put it in context, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 4.8% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 67% of UK towns.
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, more than in 67% 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: 94% of Challock · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Indian (0.8%). Few places have as many residents with no religion: 42% here, more than in 60% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Against a figure of 46% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian in Challock comes in at 50%.
Challock ranks below 87% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 26%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 22 residents. The usual figure: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 69% of UK towns.
37% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Challock compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 12% hold no qualification (18%). 17% have A levels as their highest qualification, many of them still studying for a degree.
Median age: 2 of the 7 towns around Challock are older
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
- 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 Challock’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 Challock’s residents
What is the population of Challock?
The 2021 Census counted 1,089 people in Challock’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Challock?
The median age was 46.1 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Challock?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Challock?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Challock good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Challock’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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