Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer families than 77% of UK towns: 24% of households have children
The share of households in terraced houses tops 76% of UK towns: 27%. The 2021 Census put Crockenhill’s population at 1,569, in 672 households. For Crockenhill, the census puts unpaid carers at 11%. Half of the village’s residents are over 46.8, older than in two thirds of UK towns.
24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 65% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8%, a lower share than 66% 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%.
Compared with 7.9% across England’s towns, 5.1% of adults are full-time students here. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 63% of UK towns: 2.3 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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Crockenhill has 31%. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.5% here.
A lower share of households without a car or van than 65% of UK towns, at 13%
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: 25%, below 62% of UK towns. One household in every 8 has no car or van. More households in flats than in 63% of UK towns: 13%.
Crockenhill ranks below 53% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 6%
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) or in Africa (1.6%). Set beside that, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Here 98% of residents have English as their main language, where the figure across England’s towns is 90%.
Below 72% of UK towns: 88% 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: 88% of Crockenhill · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
40% of residents said they have no religion; across England’s towns the figure is 37%. Here, 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 57% of UK towns, at 34%
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
The share of married adults and civil partners trails 67% of UK towns: 45%. As a reference point, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Crockenhill, 26% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
Of the 7 towns nearest Crockenhill, 4 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | — | 46.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 1.2 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Hextable | 4,100 | 2.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Eynsford | 1,676 | 2.4 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 2.6 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Joyden's Wood | 4,912 | 3.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 27% |
| Horton Kirby | 1,247 | 3.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 28% |
| Hawley | 1,386 | 3.8 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 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 Crockenhill’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 Crockenhill’s residents
What is the population of Crockenhill?
The 2021 Census counted 1,569 people in Crockenhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Crockenhill?
The median age was 46.8 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Crockenhill?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Crockenhill?
40% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Crockenhill good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Crockenhill’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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