Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer flats than 97% of UK towns: 1.7% of households
15% of residents are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 33% here, more than in 89% of UK towns. Chartway Street is home to 383 residents in 114 households, by the 2021 Census. The census found that 29% of residents said they have no religion in the village.
Chartway Street is younger than 59% of UK towns: a median age of 43.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. On the census count, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 73 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. A large institution, such as a prison, barracks, boarding school, university or care home, can tilt a town’s split: the census counts the people living there as residents.
Chartway Street: 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 97% 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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Chartway Street has 38% and 20%. Typically, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.8%.
Bigger households than 91% of UK towns: 2.5 people each 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.
At 4.4%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 25% in Chartway Street.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 92% of UK towns: 8.7%
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 without a car or van make up 9.6%, against 24% across England’s towns. For Chartway Street, the census puts households in detached houses at 50%.
In Chartway Street, 10% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 76% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The largest groups were born in EU countries (7%) and in Africa (1.6%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 95% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 77% of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 63% in Chartway Street, more than in 97% 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: 84% of Chartway Street · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (8.9%), Mixed or multiple (3.7%) and Caribbean (1%). 84% of residents describe themselves as White British, a lower share than in 79% of UK towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 6.4% in Chartway Street, less than in 98% of UK towns
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
Against a figure of 44% across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners in Chartway Street comes in at 43%. Unpaid carers: 8.7% across England’s towns, for comparison. Across Chartway Street, 40% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
35% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
35% of Chartway Street’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
No nearby town is as young as Chartway Street
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartway Street | 383 | — | 43.3 | 15% | 33% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 0.9 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 1.2 mi | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 3.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 3.6 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 4.4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 31% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
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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 Chartway Street’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 Chartway Street’s residents
What is the population of Chartway Street?
The 2021 Census counted 383 people in Chartway Street’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chartway Street?
The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chartway Street?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chartway Street?
29% said they had no religion and 63% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Chartway Street good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chartway Street’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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