Balcombe Farmhouse · Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer young people than 99% of UK towns: 6.5% are 15 to 24
Adults who have never married: 25% here and 39% across England’s towns. Households in flats: 5.6% of the total. At 44%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 82% of UK towns. Frittenden’s 107 households held 262 residents at the 2021 Census.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Frittenden is over 49.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
60–64 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 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.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 98% of UK towns: 5.8%
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, 7.9% of adults are full-time students; in Frittenden, 6.3%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten 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.
Fewer one-person households than 88% of UK towns: 24%
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.
At 2.5 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are more common here than in 70% of UK towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Here, 29% of households have dependent children.
Fewer car-free households than 69% of UK towns: 12%
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
Terraced houses are home to 17% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Add to that, every 8th household or so has no car or van.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 99% of UK towns: 100%
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 Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.4%) and in Africa (1.9%). Typically, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Frittenden sits lower than 61% of UK towns: 5.3%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 79% of UK towns: 55%
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: 93% of Frittenden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.2% of residents said their religion is Muslim. More residents who describe themselves as White British than in 62% of UK towns: 93%. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. In Frittenden, nearly two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
13% of residents give unpaid care, more than in 99% 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
Some 11 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. At 59%, the share of married adults and civil partners is higher than in 96% of UK towns.
36% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Frittenden’s adults: 36% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns. Many still at university: 16% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Every neighbour of Frittenden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frittenden | 262 | — | 49.9 | 27% | 29% |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 2.6 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 2.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Staplehurst | 6,181 | 2.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 31% |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 3.9 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Marden | 3,489 | 5 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 32% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 5 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 5.1 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
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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 Frittenden’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 Frittenden’s residents
What is the population of Frittenden?
The 2021 Census counted 262 people in Frittenden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Frittenden?
The median age was 49.9 at the 2021 Census. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Frittenden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Frittenden?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Frittenden good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Frittenden’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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