Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer family households than 87% of UK towns: 23% in Hale Street
Where 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns, Hale Street has 95%. The village’s 141 households held 331 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Hale Street, 8.5% of households have no car or van. The median age here is 47.6, higher than in 72% of UK towns.
Hale Street sits above 67% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 97% of UK towns, at 3.2%
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%.
Here 4.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The share of full-time students across England’s towns is 7.9%.
Larger households than 78% of UK towns: 2.4 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.
Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Hale Street has 2.8%. 29% of households are one person living alone.
In Hale Street, 18% of households live in a flat or apartment, more than in 79% 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
By its share of households in terraced houses (15%), Hale Street is below 70% of UK towns. The share of households in detached houses stands at 31%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
2.4% of residents were born outside the UK, below 97% of UK towns
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
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).
Residents with no religion: 48%, a higher share than 88% 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: 95% of Hale Street · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
47% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (2.1%), Mixed or multiple (1.2%) and African (0.3%).
Adults who have never married make up 30% in Hale Street, less than in 68% 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
Across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers is 8.7%; Hale Street has 10%. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 9 residents.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 24%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hale Street’s adults: 24% with a degree-level qualification and 19% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Of the 7 towns nearest Hale Street, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Street | 331 | — | 47.6 | 24% | 23% |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 0.6 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 1.7 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 2.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 2.6 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 2.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | 3 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 3.7 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
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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 Hale Street’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 Hale Street’s residents
What is the population of Hale Street?
The 2021 Census counted 331 people in Hale Street’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hale Street?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hale Street?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 2.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hale Street?
48% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 3% didn’t answer.
Is Hale Street good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hale Street’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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