Photo: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0Chattenden is younger than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 34.1
Households in Chattenden hold 2.7 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The 2021 Census counted 2,417 residents in 887 households. Across Chattenden, nearly one in ten households have no car or van. At 18%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 99% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Chattenden’s people
A village of families
43% of Chattenden’s 887 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns. 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Chattenden’s residents are under 34.1 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 13% are 15 to 24 and 11% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A village people move to
14% of residents gave a different address a year before the 2021 Census, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Students & newcomers ↓
More with no religion than most
49% of residents answered “no religion” in 2021 and 42% Christian, against 37% and 46% across England’s towns. Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Chattenden, 11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 94% of UK towns: 13%. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 30–34 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Chattenden, 14% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 95% 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%.
Little separates the share of full-time students here, 7.1%, from the figure across England’s towns. For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Households with dependent children make up 43% in Chattenden, more than in 99% 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.
Nothing unusual on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
In Chattenden, 14% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 64% 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
By its share of households in detached houses (25%), Chattenden is below 60% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in terraced houses are more common here than in 70% of UK towns.
In Chattenden, 8.9% of residents were born outside the UK, more than in 69% 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
Set against 90% across England’s towns, 97% of residents have English as their main language in Chattenden. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.3%) and in Africa (2.8%).
49% of residents said they have no religion, a share 91% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 83% of Chattenden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
42% of residents describe themselves as Christian, against 46% across England’s towns. On the census count, 83% of residents describe themselves as White British. Residents with no religion: 37% across England’s towns, for comparison.
More adults who have never married than 93% of UK towns: 42%
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
Some 59 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Chattenden has fewer married adults and civil partners than just over four fifths of UK towns, at 43%. Little separates the share of unpaid carers here, 8.2%, from the figure across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Chattenden, 15%, while 23% hold one at degree level (34%). A levels are the highest qualification of 21%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
No nearby town is as young as Chattenden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattenden | 2,417 | — | 34.1 | 11% | 43% |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 8,758 | 1.2 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 31% |
| Cliffe Woods | 2,689 | 1.7 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 31% |
| High Halstow | 1,823 | 2.6 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 31% |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 2.9 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
| Cliffe | 2,531 | 3.1 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 31% |
| Higham | 2,642 | 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 26% |
| Gillingham | 108,485 | 3.7 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 31% |
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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 Chattenden’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 Chattenden’s residents
What is the population of Chattenden?
The 2021 Census counted 2,417 people in Chattenden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Chattenden?
The median age was 34.1 at the 2021 Census. 13% of residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Chattenden?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Chattenden?
49% said they had no religion and 42% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Chattenden good for families?
43% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Chattenden’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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