Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Horton Kirby
8.5% of households have no car or van; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. On households in flats, Horton Kirby sits lower than 87% of UK towns: 4.2%. The 2021 Census counted 1,247 residents in 475 households. Across Horton Kirby, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
What the Census says about Horton Kirby’s people
Many carers
134 residents gave unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age in 2021, 11% of those 5 and over: more than in 90% of UK towns. Relationships & caring ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Older than 82% of UK towns: half of Horton Kirby is over 49.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 12% across England’s towns. More residents are 50–54 than any other five-year age: 7.8% of residents.
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.
In Horton Kirby, 3.9% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 88% 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%.
35% of Horton Kirby’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 18% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
Horton Kirby households average 2.5 people, larger than in 90% 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.
The share of shared households of unrelated adults is 3.2%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. On the census count, 28% of households have dependent children.
Horton Kirby ranks below 68% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 16%
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
Set against 21% across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a detached house in Horton Kirby.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 92% 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.9%) or in Africa (0.8%). On residents born outside the UK, Horton Kirby sits lower than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 4.3%. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%.
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 73% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 92% of Horton Kirby · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Asked about religion, 38% answered none, against 37% across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as Christian make up 46% across England’s towns. The largest groups after White British are Other White (5.3%), Mixed or multiple (1.8%) and Indian (0.4%).
Unpaid carers make up 11% in Horton Kirby, more than in 90% 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
Compared with 39% across England’s towns, 29% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership here. Married adults and civil partners: 52% of the total. Typically, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Among adults, 25% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 25% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 23% hold no qualification (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Horton Kirby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton Kirby | 1,247 | — | 49.3 | 27% | 28% |
| South Darenth and Sutton at Hone | 4,091 | 0.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 1.5 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Darenth | 2,588 | 2 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Eynsford | 1,676 | 2.3 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Hawley | 1,386 | 2.3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 31% |
| Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley | 16,077 | 2.9 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 27% |
| Bean | 1,633 | 3.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
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 Horton Kirby’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 Horton Kirby’s residents
What is the population of Horton Kirby?
The 2021 Census counted 1,247 people in Horton Kirby’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Horton Kirby?
The median age was 49.3 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Horton Kirby?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Horton Kirby?
38% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.3% were Muslim and 6.9% didn’t answer.
Is Horton Kirby good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Horton Kirby’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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