Church of St Mary · Photo: Martinbee · Public domainGreat Chart sits above 89% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (34%)
The figure for residents with no religion is 46% in Great Chart and 37% across England’s towns. Census day 2021: 617 residents and 252 households locally. The census found that 5.1% of households live in a flat or apartment locally. Few places have as many adults who have never married: 35% here, more than in just over two thirds of UK towns.
Great Chart is younger than 64% of UK towns: a median age of 42.7
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (19%), Great Chart is below 73% of UK towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
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.
A higher share of full-time students than 68% of UK towns, at 5.3%
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 10% here and 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 89% of UK towns: 1.6%
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; across England’s towns the figure is 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults: 4.3% across England’s towns, for comparison. Households average 2.5 people. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 28% here, more than in 55% of UK towns.
Fewer households without a car or van 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
At 21%, households in detached houses sit close to the figure across England’s towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%.
More 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
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 4.9% in Great Chart. Typically, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
48% of residents describe themselves as Christian, below 62% 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: 91% of Great Chart · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.7%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Caribbean (0.7%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. On residents who describe themselves as White British, Great Chart sits lower than 57% of UK towns: 91%.
Great Chart sits below 52% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (48%)
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
15 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 53% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Great Chart, 24% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 21% have no qualification at all (18%).
Great Chart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Chart | 617 | — | 42.7 | 19% | 28% |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 1.4 mi | 37.2 | 15% | 35% |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 2.5 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 3 mi | 30.3 | 4.1% | 47% |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 3.7 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Charing | 2,170 | 5.1 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Wye | 2,064 | 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 29% | 25% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 5.4 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
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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 Great Chart’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 Great Chart’s residents
What is the population of Great Chart?
The 2021 Census counted 617 people in Great Chart’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Great Chart?
The median age was 42.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Great Chart?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Great Chart?
46% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Great Chart good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Great Chart’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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