Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Lower Halstow ranks below 99% of UK towns on shared households of unrelated adults: 1%
Against a figure of 12% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Lower Halstow comes in at 8%. One-person households are rarer here than in 96% of UK towns. In 2021, the Census found 1,210 residents here, living in 500 households. Here, 0.8% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Older than 65% of UK towns: half of Lower Halstow is over 46.5
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 55–59: 9.6% of residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. Here, 24% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
In Lower Halstow, 3.5% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 95% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 38% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 20% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The wider picture: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who moved in within the year at 7.1% in Lower Halstow.
Lower Halstow households average 2.4 people, larger than in 82% 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.
Compared with 29% across England’s towns, just over a quarter of households have dependent children here.
Only 6% of households in Lower Halstow have no car or van
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
Households in terraced houses: 23% here and 24% across England’s towns. Still, every 17th household or so has no car or van. The share of households in detached houses stands at 28%.
Lower Halstow sits above 89% of UK towns for residents whose main language is English (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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower Halstow has fewer residents born outside the UK than 73% of UK towns, at 4.4%.
A larger share of residents with no religion than 60% of UK towns: 42%
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 Lower Halstow · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
50% of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. The groups that follow White British are Other White (3.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.7%) and Indian (0.8%). On residents who describe themselves as White British, Lower Halstow sits higher than 52% of UK towns: 92%. The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%.
58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 95% 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
Set against 39% across England’s towns, 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Lower Halstow. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 23 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. At 9.7%, the share of unpaid carers is higher than in 58% of UK towns.
A degree-level qualification for 29% 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 Lower Halstow, 29%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
Of the 7 towns nearest Lower Halstow, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Halstow | 1,210 | — | 46.5 | 24% | 26% |
| Upchurch | 1,727 | 0.9 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 25% |
| Newington | 2,691 | 1.5 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 30% |
| Iwade | 4,533 | 2.6 mi | 36.1 | 11% | 45% |
| Sittingbourne | 54,385 | 3.7 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 33% |
| Gillingham | 108,485 | 4.1 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 31% |
| Queenborough | 3,915 | 4.6 mi | 35.8 | 16% | 33% |
| Halfway Houses | 4,396 | 5.7 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 26% |
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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 Lower Halstow’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 Lower Halstow’s residents
What is the population of Lower Halstow?
The 2021 Census counted 1,210 people in Lower Halstow’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Lower Halstow?
The median age was 46.5 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 24% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Lower Halstow?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Lower Halstow?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Lower Halstow good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Lower Halstow’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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