Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 54.5: Egerton is older than 96% of UK towns
Households with dependent children: 20%, below 93% of UK towns. 1.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. At 60%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 94% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 497 residents in Egerton, living in 220 households.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 94% of UK towns: 32%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 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.
Egerton ranks below 85% of UK towns on full-time students: 4%
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 42% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 17% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in Egerton.
Egerton households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 69% of UK towns
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.
Here 2.7% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, where the figure across England’s towns is 4.3%. The census found that 30% of households are one person living alone in Egerton.
A smaller share of households without a car or van than 96% of UK towns: 6.8%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses is 24%; Egerton has 15%. In Egerton, 49% of households live in a detached house.
Fewer residents born abroad than 83% of UK towns: 3.6%
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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 98%, against 90% across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) or in Africa (1%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion: 33%, a lower share than 87% 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: 94% of Egerton · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 94% here and 73% across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1%) and Indian (0.2%). The wider picture: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
Egerton ranks below 96% of UK towns on adults who have never married: 24%
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
Set against 8.7% across England’s towns, 10% of residents give unpaid care in Egerton. Across Egerton, 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 35%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 35% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 17% hold no qualification (18%).
Every nearby town is younger than Egerton
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egerton | 497 | — | 54.5 | 32% | 20% |
| Charing | 2,170 | 3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 4 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 4.7 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 4.9 mi | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 6.1 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Challock | 1,089 | 6.6 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 31% |
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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 Egerton’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 Egerton’s residents
What is the population of Egerton?
The 2021 Census counted 497 people in Egerton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Egerton?
The median age was 54.5 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 32% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Egerton?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Egerton?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Egerton good for families?
20% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Egerton’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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