Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Hartlip is over 52.4, older than 93% of UK towns
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Hartlip has 0.7%. The village has fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns, at 3.6%. In 2021, the Census found 360 residents in the village, living in 143 households. Census figures put households in detached houses at 89% here.
In Hartlip, 29% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 70–74: 9.7% of residents, 2 times the share across England’s towns. For comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Hartlip ranks below 99% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 4.2%
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%.
With full-time students at 4.4%, Hartlip is behind just over two thirds of UK towns on that count. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
Only 16% of households are one person living alone in Hartlip
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: 24%, below 77% of UK towns. As a reference point, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The average household has 2.6 people.
Below 99% of UK towns: 0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment
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, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Hartlip, 5.1%. Against that, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.9%). Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Few places have as many residents born outside the UK: 8% here, more than in 64% of UK towns.
25% of residents said they have no religion, below 98% 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: 89% of Hartlip · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 46% across England’s towns, 70% of residents describe themselves as Christian here. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Nearly nine in ten residents describe themselves as White British.
In Hartlip, 61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care; in Hartlip, 7.2%. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 25%.
38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hartlip’s adults: 38% with a degree-level qualification and 13% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Every neighbour of Hartlip has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartlip | 360 | — | 52.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Newington | 2,691 | 1.1 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Upchurch | 1,727 | 1.7 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | 2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Gillingham | 108,485 | 3.3 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 31% |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 4.2 mi | 36.1 | 11% | 45% |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 4.3 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Chatham | 76,956 | 4.8 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 34% |
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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 Hartlip’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 Hartlip’s residents
What is the population of Hartlip?
The 2021 Census counted 360 people in Hartlip’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hartlip?
The median age was 52.4 at the 2021 Census. 12% of residents were 15 to 24 and 29% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hartlip?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hartlip?
25% said they had no religion and 70% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 2.8% didn’t answer.
Is Hartlip good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hartlip’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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