The Duke's Head Public House · Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Dunton Green is younger than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 36.3
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 41%, against 46% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census put Dunton Green’s population at 3,241, in 1,427 households. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 1.6%. Few places have as many households in terraced houses: 29% here, more than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Dunton Green’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Dunton Green at 1,900 in 2011 and 3,100 in 2024, up 63%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 98% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Dunton Green’s residents are under 36.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 7.8% are 15 to 24 and 12% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A town of flats
34% of households live in a flat or maisonette, more than in 97% of UK towns. 11% have no car or van. Homes & cars ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Faster growth than 98% of UK towns: Dunton Green changed by +63% since 2011
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Dunton Green’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 1,900 people in 2011; 3,100 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 30 to 44 changed most (+79%) and 65 and over least (+49%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2017: 220 more people.
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
7.8% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Dunton Green, 36.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.7% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 92% 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%.
In Dunton Green, 46% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 86% of UK towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
More households with dependent children than 90% of UK towns: 34%
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.
Households average 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On the census count, 31% of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
Dunton Green ranks above 97% of UK towns on households in flats: 34%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 11% of households have no car or van here. Across the comparison, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 12%.
Dunton Green sits below 82% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (94%)
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
16% of residents were born outside the UK, against 18% across England’s towns. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.7%), then in the Middle East and Asia (4.1%).
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 85% of UK towns: 79%
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: 79% of Dunton Green · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The figure for residents with no religion is 47% in Dunton Green and 37% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (9.1%), Mixed or multiple (3.2%) and Chinese (2.1%).
6.9% of residents give unpaid care, below 97% 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 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Dunton Green comes in at 38%. Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%. 49 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Compared with other places, married adults and civil partners are scarce here: 44%, fewer than in 76% of UK towns.
42% 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 42% of Dunton Green’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have no qualification (18%).
24th youngest of 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Keele (20.6) and the oldest West Chiltington (63.1). Nearest to Dunton Green in age: Keresley Newlands (36.1), Eastchurch (36.3), Gamesley (36.5) and Cranwell (37.2).
Dunton Green is younger than every town around it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | — | 36.3 | 12% | 34% |
| Sevenoaks | 26,474 | 1.1 mi | 42 | 18% | 36% |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 1.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 33% |
| Sundridge | 1,190 | 2.1 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Seal | 1,616 | 2.2 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 4.6 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 4.9 mi | 48 | 23% | 35% |
| West Kingsdown | 4,306 | 5.3 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 22% |
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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 Dunton Green’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Dunton Green’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,943 people in 2021, against 3,241 in the built-up area.
- 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 Dunton Green’s residents
What is the population of Dunton Green?
The 2021 Census counted 3,241 people in Dunton Green’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,100 people in mid-2024, 63% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Dunton Green?
The median age was 36.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 93% of UK towns. 7.8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 12% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Dunton Green?
79% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 16% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Dunton Green?
47% said they had no religion and 41% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.5% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Dunton Green good for families?
34% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Dunton 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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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