Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Linkhill is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 54.8
Compared with 30% across England’s towns, 20% of households are one person living alone here. Meanwhile, at 63%, the share of households in detached houses is higher than in 98% of UK towns. Census day 2021: 367 residents and 147 households in Linkhill. Across Linkhill, 6% of households have no car or van.
7.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24, below 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Linkhill comes in at 31%. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
3.8% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 90% 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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year trails 94% of UK towns: 6.3%. As a yardstick, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 23%, a lower share than 84% 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.
A household here has 2.5 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2% in Linkhill.
Only 3.3% of households live in a terraced house in Linkhill
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
Flats are home to 1.3% of households, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, households in terraced houses come to 24%.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 83% of UK towns: 99%
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
7.4% of residents were born outside the UK; across England’s towns the figure is 18%. Across the comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (2.7%) and in EU countries (2.5%).
Linkhill sits above 91% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%)
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: 95% of Linkhill · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; Linkhill has 95%. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. In Linkhill, 36% of residents said they have no religion.
63% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 99% 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
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership (England’s towns: 39%). Compared with other places, unpaid carers are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 99% of UK towns. The usual figure: 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Among adults, 40% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Linkhill, 14%, while 40% hold one at degree level (34%).
Median age: 1 of the 7 towns around Linkhill are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linkhill | 367 | — | 54.8 | 31% | 23% |
| Northiam | 1,910 | 1.9 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 19% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 3.1 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
| Hawkhurst | 3,683 | 3.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Hurst Green | 1,181 | 5.1 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 5.5 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Robertsbridge | 1,439 | 5.7 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 5.9 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 20% |
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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 Linkhill’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 Linkhill’s residents
What is the population of Linkhill?
The 2021 Census counted 367 people in Linkhill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Linkhill?
The median age was 54.8 at the 2021 Census. 7.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Linkhill?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Linkhill?
36% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Linkhill good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Linkhill’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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