Photo: O1ive · CC BY 2.5A smaller share of shared households of unrelated adults than 97% of UK towns: 1.3%
By its share of households without a car or van (10%), Hamstreet is below just over four fifths of UK towns. The village is home to 1,738 residents in 700 households, by the 2021 Census. One-person households: 26% of the total. On married adults and civil partners, Hamstreet sits higher than 78% of UK towns: 53%.
Half of Hamstreet is over 45.6, older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 8.5% of residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Hamstreet sits higher than 59% of UK towns: 23%. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
Residents who moved in within the year: 7.5%, a lower share than 75% of UK towns
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%.
36% of Hamstreet’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: 11% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Hamstreet, 6.6% of adults are full-time students.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 84% 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.
By its share of households with dependent children (31%), Hamstreet is above 78% of UK towns.
Households in flats: 4.6%, a lower share than 85% 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
Across England’s towns, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house; in Hamstreet, 34%. On the census count, a quarter of households live in a terraced house. To put it in context, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
More residents whose main language is English than 69% of UK towns: 98%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Since 2017: 8.6% of those born abroad, against 21% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). At 6.3%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in half of UK towns.
Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 51% in Hamstreet, more than in 61% 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: 93% of Hamstreet · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Next after White British come Other White (3.1%), African (1.3%) and Mixed or multiple (1.1%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Hamstreet sits higher than 58% of UK towns: 93%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns, against 41% here.
Hamstreet sits below 73% of UK towns for adults who have never married (29%)
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
For 43 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Against that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. One in ten residents give unpaid care, more than in 69% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
29% of Hamstreet’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%). Many still at university: 17% list A levels as their highest qualification.
Of the 7 towns nearest Hamstreet, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | — | 45.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 3.4 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 3.4 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 4.1 mi | 30.3 | 4.1% | 47% |
| Aldington | 1,280 | 4.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 5.4 mi | 37.2 | 15% | 35% |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 6.2 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 24% |
| St Mary's Bay | 2,966 | 6.5 mi | 60.8 | 42% | 13% |
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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 Hamstreet’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 Hamstreet’s residents
What is the population of Hamstreet?
The 2021 Census counted 1,738 people in Hamstreet’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hamstreet?
The median age was 45.6 at the 2021 Census. 9.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hamstreet?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hamstreet?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Hamstreet good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hamstreet’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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