Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Fewer households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.3%
Set against 44% across England’s towns, 62% of adults are married or in a civil partnership in Marlpit Hill. At the 2021 Census Marlpit Hill was home to 1,271 people in 515 households. In Marlpit Hill, three in five households live in a detached house. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6% here, fewer than in 96% of UK towns.
Marlpit Hill is older than 72% of UK towns: a median age of 47.6
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Marlpit Hill is ahead of 71% of UK towns on that count. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.7% of residents.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4.2% of adults are full-time students in Marlpit Hill
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 account for 48% of Marlpit Hill’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 12%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 7.9% of adults are full-time students. 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier.
Only 24% of households in Marlpit Hill are one person living alone
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.
Households with dependent children: 30%, above 77% of UK towns. At 2.9%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in nearly three quarters of UK towns. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
A lower share of households in flats than 90% of UK towns, at 3.5%
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
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 11% of households live in a terraced house here. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 57% of UK towns: 7.1%
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 (3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.7%). On residents whose main language is English, Marlpit Hill sits lower than half of UK towns: 98%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 84% of UK towns, at 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: 91% of Marlpit Hill · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, residents with no religion sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in three fifths of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as Christian, the comparison across England’s towns is 46%. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (2.4%) and Indian (0.5%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 96% of UK towns: 24%
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
At 8.5%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 20 people. For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications reach 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 42% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 10% hold no qualification (18%).
Marlpit Hill and its 7 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlpit Hill | 1,271 | — | 47.6 | 25% | 30% |
| Edenbridge | 7,903 | 0.7 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 33% |
| Oxted | 11,491 | 3.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 33% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 3.9 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 29% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 4 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Dormansland | 2,300 | 4.1 mi | 47.4 | 22% | 27% |
| Lingfield | 3,622 | 4.2 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 31% |
| South Godstone | 1,525 | 4.6 mi | 40.2 | 18% | 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 Marlpit Hill’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 Marlpit Hill’s residents
What is the population of Marlpit Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 1,271 people in Marlpit Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Marlpit Hill?
The median age was 47.6 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 25% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Marlpit Hill?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Marlpit Hill?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.1% didn’t answer.
Is Marlpit Hill good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Marlpit Hill’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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