Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of UK towns: 7.9%
Households average 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across Halstead, 8.9% of households have no car or van. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 26%, fewer than in just over four fifths of UK towns. Census day 2021: 773 residents and 319 households in the village.
A median age of 45.7: Halstead is older than 59% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The largest age band is 5–9: nearly one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 55% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 94% of UK towns: 3.6%
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, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Halstead has 40% and 16%. On residents who moved in within the year, Halstead sits lower than 53% of UK towns: 8.5%. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
In Halstead, 2.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, more than in 71% of UK towns
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.
Households with dependent children: 29%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%.
Above 83% of UK towns: 44% of households live in a detached house
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
The figure for households in terraced houses is 14% in Halstead and 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in detached houses across England’s towns: 21%. Census figures put households in flats at 22% in the village.
8.5% born outside the UK, more than in 67% 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
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (3.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%). 97% of residents have English as their main language, fewer than in 67% of UK towns. Residents born outside the UK: 18% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 77% of UK towns, at 85%
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: 85% of Halstead · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents said their religion is Muslim. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 38%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of UK towns. Still, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian tops nearly three fifths of UK towns: 51%.
More married adults and civil partners than 87% of UK towns: 55%
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
Halstead sits close to the norm on unpaid carers: 8.7%, about the same as across England’s towns. Here, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
A degree-level qualification for 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 35% of its adults qualified to degree level, Halstead compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Halstead
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstead | 773 | — | 45.7 | 21% | 29% |
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | 3.4 mi | 36.3 | 12% | 34% |
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | 3.5 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 3.6 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 33% |
| Sundridge | 1,190 | 3.9 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Eynsford | 1,676 | 4.3 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Sevenoaks | 26,474 | 4.5 mi | 42 | 18% | 36% |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 4.7 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
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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 Halstead’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 Halstead’s residents
What is the population of Halstead?
The 2021 Census counted 773 people in Halstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Halstead?
The median age was 45.7 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Halstead?
85% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Halstead?
38% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Halstead good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Halstead’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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