Photo: G Laird · CC BY-SA 2.0Four Elms sits above 98% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (17%)
Households in Four Elms hold 2.1 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 251, in 119 households. Here, 28% of households live in a flat or apartment. On shared households of unrelated adults, Four Elms sits lower than 85% of UK towns: 1.7%.
Half of Four Elms is over 50.2, older than 86% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. The largest age band is 50–54: 14% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 5.2% in Four Elms, less than in 99% 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 Four Elms, nearly a fifth of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 29% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Few places have as many full-time students: 7.7% here, more than in 93% of UK towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Below 82% of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children
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.
Where 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns, Four Elms has 34%. Across the comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
18% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 80% 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
In Four Elms, 22% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. The share of households in terraced houses stands at 20%. 28% of households live in a flat, more than in 94% of UK towns; 18% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 92% of UK towns don’t reach
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 two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (2%) and in the rest of Europe (1.6%). On residents born outside the UK, Four Elms sits lower than 63% of UK towns: 5.2%. As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
In Four Elms, 39% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 60% 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 Four Elms · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Mixed or multiple (4%), Other White (2%) and Indian (0.4%). By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Four Elms has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 56% of UK towns, at 51%. Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Four Elms has 92%.
A larger share of adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns: 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
9 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 43%, the share of married adults and civil partners is lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, 8.8% here is much the same as across England’s towns.
21% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 21% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 22% hold no qualification (18%). Many still at university: 18% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Every neighbour of Four Elms has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Elms | 251 | — | 50.2 | 19% | 24% |
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | 1.6 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 30% |
| Edenbridge | 7,903 | 1.7 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 4 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Sundridge | 1,190 | 4.5 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 4.7 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 4.9 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Leigh | 1,104 | 5.3 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
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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 Four Elms’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 Four Elms’s residents
What is the population of Four Elms?
The 2021 Census counted 251 people in Four Elms’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Four Elms?
The median age was 50.2 at the 2021 Census. 17% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Four Elms?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Four Elms?
39% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 7.6% didn’t answer.
Is Four Elms good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Four Elms’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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