Photo: Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 2% of households live in a flat or apartment in Hawley
The share of one-person households trails 96% of UK towns: 21%. In 2021, the Census found 1,386 residents in Hawley, living in 545 households. 7.4% of households have no car or van. The village has more households with dependent children than 81% of UK towns, at 31%.
What the Census says about Hawley’s people
Many carers
157 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 12% of those 5 and over: more than in 96% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of UK towns, at 11%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Hawley’s residents are over 45.5, older than in 58% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total. No age band is larger than 55–59: 8.5% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 89% of UK towns, at 6.8%
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 work; in Hawley, 35% and 19%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 4.7%.
Bigger households than 96% of UK towns: 2.6 people each 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.
3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; across England’s towns the figure is 4.3%.
Fewer households in terraced houses than 59% of UK towns: 18%
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
Just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns, against 32% in Hawley. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
5.2% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 62% 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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.3%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). On residents whose main language is English, Hawley sits lower than just over half of UK towns: 98%. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Only 90% of residents describe themselves as White British in Hawley
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: 90% of Hawley · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The Muslim share of residents is 2.2%. Higher than in 55% of UK towns: 50% of residents describe themselves as Christian. On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Hawley, just over two in five residents said they have no religion, beside 37% across England’s towns.
Unpaid carers make up 12% in Hawley, more than in 96% 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
The figure for adults who have never married is 34% in Hawley and 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 50. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 49% here, more than in 55% of UK towns. For unpaid carers, the comparison across England’s towns is 8.7%.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 25% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Hawley’s adults: 25% with a degree-level qualification and 17% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Older than Hawley: 3 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawley | 1,386 | — | 45.5 | 22% | 31% |
| Darenth | 2,588 | 1.4 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 35% |
| South Darenth and Sutton at Hone | 4,091 | 1.5 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Dartford | 69,131 | 1.7 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 38% |
| Hextable | 4,100 | 1.8 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Horton Kirby | 1,247 | 2.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 28% |
| Joyden's Wood | 4,912 | 2.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 27% |
| Stone | 6,438 | 2.6 mi | 35.7 | 8.5% | 34% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Hawley’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 Hawley’s residents
What is the population of Hawley?
The 2021 Census counted 1,386 people in Hawley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Hawley?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hawley?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hawley?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2.2% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Hawley good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hawley’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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