Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Langley Heath is over 53.2, older than 94% of UK towns
One-person households make up 23%, against 30% across England’s towns. Langley Heath had 995 residents in 430 households at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners account for 59%. On households in detached houses, Langley Heath sits higher than 86% of UK towns: 46%.
Below 97% of UK towns: 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 31% in Langley Heath and 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 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 an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A lower share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns, at 2.7%
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 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
A lower share of households with dependent children than 90% of UK towns, at 22%
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 2.3 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in half of UK towns. For households with dependent children, the comparison across England’s towns is 29%.
Fewer car-free households than 84% of UK towns: 9.6%
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 flats at 5.8%, Langley Heath is behind 79% of UK towns on that count. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 14% in the village. As a yardstick, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 55% of UK towns: 5.8%
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
Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.3%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents whose main language is English: 98% here, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 83% of UK towns: 56%
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 Langley Heath · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the largest groups are Other White (5.1%), Bangladeshi (0.6%) and Pakistani (0.5%). Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. At 38%, the share of residents with no religion is lower than in 69% of UK towns. By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (92%), Langley Heath is above half of UK towns.
Fewer adults who have never married than 97% of UK towns: 23%
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
34 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. By way of comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid carers are rarer here than in 59% of UK towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 23% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 24% hold no qualification (18%).
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Langley Heath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langley Heath | 995 | — | 53.2 | 31% | 22% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 1.5 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 1.6 mi | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 2.6 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | 3.8 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 3.9 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 4.1 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 4.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 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 Langley Heath’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 Langley Heath’s residents
What is the population of Langley Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 995 people in Langley Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Langley Heath?
The median age was 53.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Langley Heath?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Langley Heath?
38% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Langley Heath good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Langley Heath’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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