Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0Above 82% of UK towns: 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian
Nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns, against 11% in Horsmonden. Households in detached houses: 38% of the total. On married adults and civil partners, Horsmonden sits higher than 69% of UK towns: 51%. The village counted 1,580 residents and 654 households at the 2021 Census.
Half of Horsmonden is over 45.5, older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, above nearly three quarters of UK towns. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Horsmonden.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year: 11%, a higher share than 87% 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%.
By class, 43% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Locally, 4.9% of adults are full-time students.
2.4 people per household, more than in 81% 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.
With shared households of unrelated adults at 2.9%, Horsmonden is ahead of 74% of UK towns on that count. The share of one-person households stands at 28%. Few places have as many households with dependent children: 30% here, more than in three quarters of UK towns.
Horsmonden: 13% of households live in a flat or apartment, above 62% 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
With households in terraced houses at 17%, Horsmonden is behind three fifths of UK towns on that count. Elsewhere, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
7.7% born outside the UK, more 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 7.3% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK. On the census count, 98% of residents have English as their main language.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 66% of UK towns: 94%
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: 94% of Horsmonden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 37%. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns is 73%. Next after White British come Other White (4.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.6%) and Indian (0.5%).
30% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, below 63% 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
37 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married is 39%. Unpaid carers: 9.3%, near enough the figure across England’s towns.
38% of adults hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
38% of Horsmonden’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 14% have none (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 3 are older than Horsmonden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | — | 45.5 | 22% | 30% |
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 2.2 mi | 46.3 | 19% | 31% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 3.3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Marden | 3,489 | 3.5 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 32% |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 4.5 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | 4.6 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 5.3 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 26% |
| East Peckham | 2,144 | 5.5 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 29% |
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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 Horsmonden’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 Horsmonden’s residents
What is the population of Horsmonden?
The 2021 Census counted 1,580 people in Horsmonden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horsmonden?
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 Horsmonden?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Horsmonden?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Horsmonden good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horsmonden’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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