Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer car-free households than 94% of UK towns: 7.3%
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Knockholt Pound has 47%. The median age locally is 49.7, higher than in 83% of UK towns. The village is home to 771 residents in 319 households, by the 2021 Census. Census figures put adults who have never married at 26% in the village.
In Knockholt Pound, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 78% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 55–59 than any other five-year age: nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. For Knockholt Pound, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 5.6%, a higher share than 76% 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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 8.2%, below 60% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
A lower share of one-person households than 80% of UK towns, at 26%
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 5%, shared households of unrelated adults sit close to the figure across England’s towns. The benchmark for one-person households across England’s towns: 30%. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 27%, fewer than in just over half of UK towns.
A lower share of households in flats than 84% of UK towns, at 4.8%
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 24% across England’s towns, 17% of households live in a terraced house in Knockholt Pound. Across England’s towns, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment.
In Knockholt Pound, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 77% 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
By its share of residents born outside the UK (6.9%), Knockholt Pound is above 55% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, residents whose main language is English come to 90%. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (2.5%), then in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
Knockholt Pound: 56% of residents describe themselves as Christian, above 86% of UK towns
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: 91% of Knockholt Pound · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 91%, against 73% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion: 36% of the total.
In Knockholt Pound, 57% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 93% 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
One in ten residents give unpaid care (England’s towns: 8.7%). As a yardstick, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
40% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Knockholt Pound’s adults: 40% with a degree-level qualification and 11% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Knockholt Pound is younger than 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockholt Pound | 771 | — | 49.7 | 26% | 27% |
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | 2.6 mi | 36.3 | 12% | 34% |
| Sundridge | 1,190 | 2.7 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 3.4 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 33% |
| Sevenoaks | 26,474 | 3.6 mi | 42 | 18% | 36% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 3.9 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 4.4 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Seal | 1,616 | 4.5 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
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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 Knockholt Pound’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 Knockholt Pound’s residents
What is the population of Knockholt Pound?
The 2021 Census counted 771 people in Knockholt Pound’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Knockholt Pound?
The median age was 49.7 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Knockholt Pound?
91% 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 Knockholt Pound?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1% were Muslim and 5.2% didn’t answer.
Is Knockholt Pound good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Knockholt Pound’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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