Photo: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0Below 87% of UK towns: 8.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
With households without a car or van at 9.4%, Hextable is behind 85% of UK towns on that count. Married adults and civil partners are more common here than in just over four fifths of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the town’s population at 4,100, in 1,679 households. Across Hextable, 26% of households are one person living alone.
What the Census says about Hextable’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Hextable at 4,100 in 2011 and 4,100 in 2024, down 0%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 86% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
A change of ±0% since 2011 leaves Hextable behind 86% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Hextable’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,100 people in 2011; 4,100 in 2024.
Of the age groups, 65 and over changed most (+40%) and 16 to 29 least (−24%).
Older than 79% of UK towns: half of Hextable is over 48.9
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: nearly one in ten residents. On residents aged 65 and over, Hextable sits higher than 78% of UK towns: 26%. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Hextable, 48.9. The typical town is 44.4.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Hextable ranks below 87% of UK towns on full-time students: 3.9%
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%.
Set against 11% across England’s towns, 8.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in Hextable. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Hextable households average 2.4 people, larger than in 78% 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.
Just over a quarter of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. Higher than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 2.6% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
Hextable sits below 63% of UK towns for households in terraced houses (17%)
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
Where 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Hextable has 8.7%. Compared with other places, households in detached houses are common here: 30%, more than in 52% of UK towns. As a reference point, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 64% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The newest arrivals, from 2017 or later, are a tenth of those born abroad (against 21% across England’s towns). For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%). More residents born outside the UK than in 55% of UK towns: 6.9%.
A lower White British share than 66% of UK towns: 90% of residents
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 Hextable · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Behind White British, the largest groups are Other White (4.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.1%) and African (1%). 52% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a higher share than in 63% of UK towns. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Hextable, 40%.
Adults who have never married: 28%, a lower share than 79% 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 number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 104. The benchmark for adults who have never married across England’s towns: 39%. Unpaid carers are more common here than in 54% of UK towns.
28% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Hextable, 28%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
Among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000 people, the 221st oldest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Bailrigg is the youngest (18.9); Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe the oldest (64.7). Nearest to Hextable in age: Cuffley (48.9), Sonning Common (48.9), Rowlands Gill (49) and Marple Bridge (49).
Around Hextable, 1 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hextable | 4,100 | — | 48.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Joyden's Wood | 4,912 | 1.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 27% |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 1.2 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Hawley | 1,386 | 1.8 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 31% |
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | 2.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 24% |
| South Darenth and Sutton at Hone | 4,091 | 2.7 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Dartford | 69,131 | 2.8 mi | 36.6 | 12% | 38% |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 3 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 28% |
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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 Hextable’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Hextable’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 4,100 people in 2021, against 4,100 in the built-up area.
- 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 Hextable’s residents
What is the population of Hextable?
The 2021 Census counted 4,100 people in Hextable’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 4,100 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Hextable?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census, older than 79% of UK towns. 8.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Hextable?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Hextable?
40% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 5.6% didn’t answer.
Is Hextable good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Hextable’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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