Photo: John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer one-person households than 97% of UK towns: 20%
The average household has 2.7 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. On households without a car or van, High Halden sits lower than 94% of UK towns: 7.5%. At the 2021 Census, 974 people lived locally, in 337 households. For High Halden, the census puts households in flats at 4.5%.
Older than 82% of UK towns: half of High Halden is over 49.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 18% across England’s towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
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.
Above 97% of UK towns: 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier
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, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; High Halden has 27% and 26%. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. The census found that 5.4% of adults are full-time students locally.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
High Halden ranks above 80% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 31%
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.
At 3.6%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is in line with the figure across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns.
High Halden: 39% of households live in a detached house, above 74% 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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households in terraced houses in High Halden comes in at 18%. 4.5% of households live in a flat, less than in 85% of UK towns; 39% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Below 76% of UK towns: 4.1% of residents were born outside the UK
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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%).
Fewer residents with no religion than 69% of UK towns: 38%
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 High Halden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
46% of residents describe themselves as Christian, about the same as across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Caribbean (0.6%). The usual figure: 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns.
33% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a share 54% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Unpaid carers make up 8.7%, close to the figure across England’s towns. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 31 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
21% of adults have a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 21% of its adults qualified to degree level, High Halden compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 22% hold no qualification (18%).
High Halden is younger than 3 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Halden | 974 | — | 49.3 | 26% | 31% |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 2.1 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 20% |
| Bethersden | 1,008 | 2.7 mi | 50.8 | 28% | 24% |
| Biddenden | 1,345 | 2.9 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 31% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 3.8 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 5.1 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 5.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 5.9 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
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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 High Halden’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 High Halden’s residents
What is the population of High Halden?
The 2021 Census counted 974 people in High Halden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in High Halden?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is High Halden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in High Halden?
38% said they had no religion and 46% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 15% didn’t answer.
Is High Halden good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on High Halden’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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