Photo: John Baker · CC BY-SA 2.0Lenham and Harrietsham sits below 82% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
The share of one-person households is 27%, against 30% across England’s towns. Across Lenham and Harrietsham, 43% of residents said they have no religion. 12% of households have no car or van, a lower share than in 71% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 4,763 residents in 2,003 households.
More residents aged 65 and over than 63% of UK towns: 24%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Lenham and Harrietsham’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 58% of UK towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 50–54, with 7.2% of residents. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Lenham and Harrietsham, 43.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Lenham and Harrietsham sits below 73% of UK towns for full-time students (4.3%)
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%.
9.1% of residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 72% of UK towns: 2.4 people each on average
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.
There is little gap on households with dependent children: 29%, about the same as across England’s towns. Locally, 3.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
In Lenham and Harrietsham, 26% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 60% 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
23% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns. The share of households in flats stands at 11%.
Lenham and Harrietsham sits above 64% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (98%)
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.6%) and in Africa (1.3%). Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, fewer than in 59% of UK towns. Among those born abroad, the share arriving in 2017 or later is 15% (England’s towns: 21%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 50%, a higher share than 55% 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: 92% of Lenham and Harrietsham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
After White British, the most common groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.8%). The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as White British: 92% here, more than in 51% of UK towns.
Below 62% of UK towns: 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Married people and civil partners make up nearly half of adults, against 44% across England’s towns. To put it in context, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 142 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. At 9.5%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 53% of UK towns.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 26% 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 Lenham and Harrietsham, 26%, and 19% have none, against 18%.
193rd lowest median age among 695 UK towns of 3,000 to 6,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Bailrigg (18.9), the youngest, and Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe (64.7), the oldest. Nearest to Lenham and Harrietsham in age: Blaenau Ffestiniog (43.4), Long Hanborough (43.5), Astley (43.6) and Sawtry (43.6).
Lenham and Harrietsham is younger than 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenham and Harrietsham | 4,763 | — | 43.5 | 24% | 29% |
| Kingswood | 1,371 | 2.5 mi | 53.4 | 30% | 23% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 5.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Charing | 2,170 | 5.2 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 25% |
| Headcorn | 3,293 | 5.6 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 7.1 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 7.3 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 33% |
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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 Lenham and Harrietsham’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 Lenham and Harrietsham’s residents
What is the population of Lenham and Harrietsham?
The 2021 Census counted 4,763 people in Lenham and Harrietsham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lenham and Harrietsham?
The median age was 43.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 58% of UK towns. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lenham and Harrietsham?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lenham and Harrietsham?
43% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.5% didn’t answer.
Is Lenham and Harrietsham good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lenham and Harrietsham’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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