Photo: Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 9% of households in Lamberhurst have no car or van
The average household has 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Half of Lamberhurst’s residents are over 47.3, older than in 71% of UK towns. The village had 736 residents in 305 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
In Lamberhurst, 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Locally, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. On average, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Lamberhurst, 6.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 93% 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%.
Here 5.4% of adults are full-time students, where the figure across England’s towns is 7.9%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Lamberhurst ranks above 92% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 3.9%
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.
28% of households have dependent children (England’s towns: 29%). Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 53% of UK towns. Typically, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
More households in flats than 76% of UK towns: 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
On households in terraced houses, 24% here is much the same as across England’s towns. To put it in context, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Households in detached houses account for 28%.
Residents whose main language is English: 98%, a higher share than 69% 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 (2.4%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Residents born outside the UK are more common here than in 54% of UK towns. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%.
Lamberhurst sits above 61% of UK towns for residents with no religion (43%)
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 Lamberhurst · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
93% of residents describe themselves as White British (England’s towns: 73%). Compared with other places, residents who describe themselves as Christian are common here: 51%, more than in 56% of UK towns. For comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (3.5%), Mixed or multiple (0.8%) and Indian (0.3%).
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 73% 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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 9. Fewer unpaid carers than in 88% of UK towns: 7.8%. The wider picture: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 36% of adults
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 Lamberhurst, 36%, and 15% have none, against 18%.
Lamberhurst sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamberhurst | 736 | — | 47.3 | 22% | 28% |
| Goudhurst | 1,104 | 2.9 mi | 46.3 | 19% | 31% |
| Horsmonden | 1,580 | 3 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 30% |
| Wadhurst | 3,408 | 3.8 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 25% |
| Ticehurst | 1,464 | 3.9 mi | 47.2 | 30% | 29% |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 4.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 5.3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 5.8 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 30% |
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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 Lamberhurst’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 Lamberhurst’s residents
What is the population of Lamberhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 736 people in Lamberhurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lamberhurst?
The median age was 47.3 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lamberhurst?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lamberhurst?
43% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.3% didn’t answer.
Is Lamberhurst good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lamberhurst’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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