Photo: Charlesdrakew · Public domain33% of households have dependent children, more than in 88% of UK towns
Here 46% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. Edenbridge counted 7,903 residents and 3,324 households at the 2021 Census. The share of households in flats stands at 20%. With a median age of 39.2, Edenbridge is younger than 84% of UK towns.
A +12% change since 2011: Edenbridge grew faster than 68% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Edenbridge’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 7,200 people in 2011; 8,100 in 2024.
The 65 and over age group changed most (+26%) and the 45 to 64 least (+3%). Between mid-2020 and mid-2021 the population rose by 210, its biggest one-year gain.
Edenbridge sits below 76% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
30–34 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents. At 9.6%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 57% of UK towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Edenbridge, 39.2. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Edenbridge sits below 79% of UK towns for full-time students (4.1%)
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Edenbridge has 33% and 23%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns. For Edenbridge, the census puts residents who moved in within the year at 10%.
Bigger households than 73% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
29% of households are one person living alone, against 30% across England’s towns. The census found that 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Edenbridge.
Edenbridge: 37% of households live in a terraced house, above 92% 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
Households without a car or van make up 16%, against 24% across England’s towns. By contrast, at 17%, the share of households in detached houses is lower than in four fifths of UK towns.
Edenbridge: 8.3% of residents born outside the UK
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
Where just over a fifth of those born abroad across England’s towns arrived in 2017 or later, here the share is 13%. Compared with other places, residents whose main language is English are scarce here: 97%, fewer than in 63% of UK towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%).
A lower White British share than 72% of UK towns: 88% of residents
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 Edenbridge · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (5.2%), Mixed or multiple (3.4%) and Indian (0.7%). 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a lower share than in 73% of UK towns.
A higher share of adults who have never married than 83% of UK towns, at 38%
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 192 residents. Edenbridge has fewer married adults and civil partners than nearly four fifths of UK towns, at 43%. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Nothing unusual on unpaid carers: 8.4%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Edenbridge’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
43rd youngest of 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000 people
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
The youngest is Tidworth (28.4) and the oldest Barton on Sea (65.3). Nearest to Edenbridge in age: Winnersh (39.1), Allerton Bywater (39.2), Abercynon (39.2) and Albrighton (39.3).
Edenbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenbridge | 7,903 | — | 39.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 0.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 30% |
| Dormansland | 2,300 | 3.7 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 3.9 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 31% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 4.6 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 4.7 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 4.9 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 33% |
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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 Edenbridge’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. Edenbridge’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,856 people in 2021, against 7,903 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 Edenbridge’s residents
What is the population of Edenbridge?
The 2021 Census counted 7,903 people in Edenbridge’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,100 people in mid-2024, 12% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Edenbridge?
The median age was 39.2 at the 2021 Census, younger than 84% of UK towns. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Edenbridge?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Edenbridge?
46% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Edenbridge good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Edenbridge’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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