Photo: Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.037% of households have dependent children, more than in 96% of UK towns
Against a figure of 30% across England’s towns, the share of one-person households in Chartham comes in at 23%. Meanwhile, at 27%, the share of households in terraced houses is higher than in 76% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,569 residents in 1,396 households. The share of households without a car or van stands at 11%.
What the Census says about Chartham’s people
A town of families
37% of Chartham’s 1,396 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 96% of UK towns. 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Chartham’s residents are under 37.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 10% are 15 to 24 and 13% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A median age of 37.6: Chartham is younger than 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 12%; Chartham has 10%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 13%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Chartham, 37.6. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student town: 8.1% of adults study full-time
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%.
On residents who moved in within the year, 11% here is much the same as across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 93% 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.
3.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, about the same as across England’s towns.
Households in flats: 15%, a higher share than 68% 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
Households in detached houses: 29% of the total. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 11%, a higher share than 77% of UK towns
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.5%) and in Africa (2.4%). Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 96% here, fewer than in 72% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Arrivals from 2017 on account for a fifth of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns.
Below 76% of UK towns: 86% 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
White British, not charted: 86% of Chartham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
In Chartham, 47% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Here, 45% of residents said they have no religion. The usual figure: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 69% of UK towns, at 36%
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 95 people. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in 53% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 9.2%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
43% 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, 43% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 12% hold no qualification (18%). For 16%, A levels are the highest qualification so far, many of them students still working towards a degree.
749 UK towns of 2,500 to 5,000 people: this is the 50th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Milford on Sea the oldest (64.6). Nearest to Chartham in age: Fradley (37.2), Darenth (37.6), Maple Cross (37.7) and Harwell (37.7).
Chartham sits below 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartham | 3,569 | — | 37.6 | 13% | 37% |
| Rough Common | 1,291 | 3.3 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Canterbury | 55,107 | 3.5 mi | 27.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Boughton under Blean | 2,274 | 4 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Blean | 1,327 | 4.2 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 4.5 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Wye | 2,064 | 5.9 mi | 49.1 | 29% | 25% |
| Sturry | 4,857 | 5.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
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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 Chartham’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 Chartham’s residents
What is the population of Chartham?
The 2021 Census counted 3,569 people in Chartham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chartham?
The median age was 37.6 at the 2021 Census, younger than 90% of UK towns. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 13% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chartham?
86% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 11% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chartham?
45% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Chartham good for families?
37% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chartham’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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