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45.7Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Cranbrook Common sits above 97% of UK towns for households with dependent children (38%)

24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 4.5% in Cranbrook Common. Households in detached houses: 70% of the total. On adults who have never married, Cranbrook Common sits lower than 99% of UK towns: 20%. At the 2021 Census Cranbrook Common was home to 479 people in 180 households.

21%aged 65 or over 7.5%born abroad 180households

Ages

Below 68% of UK towns: 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24

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

Cranbrook CommonEngland’s towns

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

Half of Cranbrook Common’s residents are over 45.7, older than in nearly three in five UK towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. Against that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1521%

15 to 249.2%

25 to 4419%

45 to 6430%

65 and over21%

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

Cranbrook Common

England

WomenMen

About 87 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

In Cranbrook Common, 3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% 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 students3.8%

Higher managerial and professional22%

Lower managerial and professional30%

Intermediate10%

Small employers and self-employed14%

Supervisory and technical3%

Semi-routine6.2%

Routine6.5%

Never worked or long-term unemployed3.5%

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Cranbrook Common

12%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 12%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

1.1× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Cranbrook Common has 53% and 13%. Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 92% of UK towns. Full-time students: 7.9% across England’s towns, for comparison.

Households

A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 11%

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

Living alone, 66+ 8.3%Living alone, under 66 2.8%Families with dependent children 38%Couples and families, no young children 48%Shared houses and other 3.3%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Cranbrook Common

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person11%

2 people46%

3 people18%

4 people16%

5 or more9.6%

England’s towns.

Households in Cranbrook Common hold 2.7 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.3% of the total. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%.

Homes & cars

A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 88% of UK towns: 11%

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

Type of home

Cranbrook Common

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van4.5%

One28%

Two40%

Three or more27%

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

The share of households in flats trails 78% of UK towns: 6.1%. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Cranbrook Common ranks above 78% of UK towns on residents whose main language is English: 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%

Cranbrook Common

7.5%

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 language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.9%

Another main language, little or no English0.4%

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). Higher than in three fifths of UK towns: 7.5% of residents were born outside the UK. On average, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.

Ethnicity & religion

Above 71% of UK towns: 44% of residents said they have no religion

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

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White6%

Asian0.8%

Mixed2.5%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 91% of Cranbrook Common · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion44%

Christian49%

Muslim0.8%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist0.4%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer5.9%

0%30%60%

In Cranbrook Common, 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, residents with no religion come to 37%. The census found that just over nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British here.

Relationships & caring

Above 99% of UK towns: 68% of adults are married or in a civil partnership

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 partnership20%

Married or civil partnership68%

Separated0.3%

Divorced8.3%

Widowed3.2%

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

31residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 6.8%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.2%

20 to 49 hours1.1%

50 hours or more1.6%

Unpaid carers make up 6.8%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 7 residents.

Qualifications

The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 46%

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications10%

Apprenticeship4.5%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level46%

Cranbrook CommonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Against 34% across England’s towns, 46% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).

Neighbours

Older than Cranbrook Common: 1 of the 7 towns nearby

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

CranbrookBenendenStaplehurstBiddendenGoudhurstMardenHeadcornCranbrook Common

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Cranbrook Common	479	—	45.7	21%	38%
Cranbrook	3,962	1.6 mi	45.3	24%	26%
Benenden	1,409	3.5 mi	29.7	18%	25%
Staplehurst	6,181	3.5 mi	44.9	22%	31%
Biddenden	1,345	3.6 mi	44.1	21%	31%
Goudhurst	1,104	4.3 mi	46.3	19%	31%
Marden	3,489	4.9 mi	38.5	18%	32%
Headcorn	3,293	4.9 mi	45.2	25%	29%

More about Cranbrook Common’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

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 Cranbrook Common’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 Cranbrook Common’s residents

What is the population of Cranbrook Common?

The 2021 Census counted 479 people in Cranbrook Common’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Cranbrook Common?

The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Cranbrook Common?

91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.

What religion are people in Cranbrook Common?

44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.

Is Cranbrook Common good for families?

38% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cranbrook Common’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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