Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 14%
Households in flats: 2.5% here and 23% across England’s towns. The census found that 4.1% of households have no car or van in Curtisden Green. Few places have so few residents with no religion: 34% here, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. The village had 405 residents and 119 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 39.5.
21% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 99% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 14% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. The median age in Curtisden Green is 39.5, lower than in 83% of UK towns. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A student village: 18% 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%.
Against a figure of 11% across England’s towns, the share of residents who moved in within the year in Curtisden Green comes in at 13%. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults are about as common here as across England’s towns: 3.4%. Across Curtisden Green, 32% of households have dependent children.
2.5% of households live in a terraced house, fewer than in 99% 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
Detached houses are home to nearly three in five households, against 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 85% of UK towns, at 15%
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 the Middle East and Asia (6.7%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.7%). Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 93%, fewer than in 84% of UK towns. The benchmark for residents born outside the UK across England’s towns: 18%.
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 84%, a lower share than 80% 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 Curtisden Green · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46%; Curtisden Green has 54%. Besides White British, the main groups are Chinese (5%), Other White (4.5%) and Mixed or multiple (3.2%). To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
A lower share of unpaid carers than 99% of UK towns, at 4.4%
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 6 people. 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 91% of UK towns. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Where nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Curtisden Green has 33%.
46% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 46% of Curtisden Green’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.8% have no qualification (18%). A levels are the highest qualification of 15%, many of them students still working towards a degree.
Older than Curtisden Green: 5 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtisden Green | 405 | — | 39.5 | 14% | 32% |
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 2.1 mi | 46.3 | 19% | 31% |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 2.3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 30% |
| Marden | 3,489 | 2.6 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 32% |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 3.5 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 3.5 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 31% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 5.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 6.2 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
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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 Curtisden Green’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 Curtisden Green’s residents
What is the population of Curtisden Green?
The 2021 Census counted 405 people in Curtisden Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Curtisden Green?
The median age was 39.5 at the 2021 Census. 21% of residents were 15 to 24 and 14% were 65 or over.
Is Curtisden Green a student village?
Yes: 18% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 Census (58 people), against 7.9% across England’s towns.
How diverse is Curtisden Green?
84% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 15% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Curtisden Green?
34% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 11% didn’t answer.
Is Curtisden Green good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Curtisden Green’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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