Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,926 in Kent, South East.
Halling grades C+ overall against UK towns: better than 41% of UK towns, and #40 of 87 in Kent. Its strongest subject is jobs & income (A−): mean household income £60,775; 1.9% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Its weakest is schools (C−): primary results beat 48% of towns in England; secondary results beat 4% of towns in England. The median home sold for £355,000 in the last three years, 6.3 times what households in the Medway council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Halling does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Halling is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Halling’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Halling. Best known first.
CastleLeybourne Castle4.6 km outside town, to the south
MuseumMedway megaliths4.6 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic house · English HeritageTemple Manor4.2 km outside town, to the northeast
FortFort Borstal3.1 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseRestoration House4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseOwletts4.8 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Halling.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halling Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 391 | B+ |
In the comparison, Halling comes below both Kent’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). Owners make up 77% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £496,250 | 26 |
| Semi-detached | £380,000 | 37 |
| Terraced | £317,500 | 44 |
| Flat or maisonette | £231,000 | 14 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 29% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For Halling, that is below both Kent’s towns (42%) and England’s towns (45%). 11% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Police recorded 116 crimes inside Halling’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 27 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 41% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking, so it runs higher than U.S. “violent crime”.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Halling sits above both Kent’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (16%) on this measure. Halling’s listed buildings include Church of St John the Baptist, Grade I. Halling has 4 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
That puts Halling below both Kent’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). One GP practice serves the town; 88% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Halling | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
On this, Halling is below both Kent’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Children under 15 make up 20% of residents. Halling has a median age of 37.8.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Halling | Kent | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Kent and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halling | 2,926 | — | C+ | C− | B | B− |
| Cuxton | 3,039 | 1.4 | B+ | C− | A | B− |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 1.8 | C− | B | C− | C |
| Burham | 1,293 | 2.4 | — | B | B− | C+ |
| Eccles | 1,706 | 2.9 | — | B+ | B | C+ |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 3 | C | C+ | D | C− |
| Chatham | 76,956 | 3.7 | D | B− | D | D |
| Shorne | 1,038 | 3.8 | — | D | B | A− |
Burham, Eccles and Shorne have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Its Grade I building is Church of St John the Baptist. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Medway council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £355,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £231,000, terraced houses £317,500, semi-detached houses £380,000 and detached houses £496,250.
Town in Kent, England
Halling is a built-up area of 2,926 people, in the Medway council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.