Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of one-person households than 97% of UK towns, at 21%
Nearly one in ten households have no car or van (England’s towns: 24%). Lower than in nearly four fifths of UK towns: 5.8% of households live in a flat or apartment. In 2021, the Census found 1,436 residents in Five Oak Green, living in 553 households. Here, 53% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Five Oak Green sits below 55% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.6%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in just over half of UK towns: 22%. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
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.
Fewer residents who moved in within the year than 83% of UK towns: 7.1%
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%.
4.5% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Larger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 3.1%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Census figures put households with dependent children at 31% in Five Oak Green.
Only 19% of households live in a detached house in Five Oak Green
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 terraced houses: 18%, below 58% of UK towns. Add to that, 5.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 79% of UK towns; 19% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 55% of UK towns: 98%
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 (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%). Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 6.1% here, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
43% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 64% 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: 92% of Five Oak Green · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Pakistani (0.4%). Lower than in 58% of UK towns: 49% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On average, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Five Oak Green has 92%.
Adults who have never married make up 28% in Five Oak Green, less than in 80% 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
38 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 11%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 86% of UK towns. The wider picture: 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 26% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Five Oak Green counts 26% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 18% have no qualification (18%).
Five Oak Green and its 7 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | — | 44.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 2.5 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 2.9 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 3.5 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 31% |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 4.4 mi | 41.9 | 17% | 33% |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 4.5 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
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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 Five Oak 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 Five Oak Green’s residents
What is the population of Five Oak Green?
The 2021 Census counted 1,436 people in Five Oak Green’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Five Oak Green?
The median age was 44.4 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Five Oak Green?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Five Oak Green?
43% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Five Oak Green good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Five Oak 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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