Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Shared households of unrelated adults: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
The figure for households in detached houses is 62% in Pipsden and 21% across England’s towns. There were 161 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 438 residents. Households in terraced houses: 6.8% of the total. With a median age of 49.1, Pipsden is older than four fifths of UK towns.
Below 82% of UK towns: 8.7% of residents are aged 15 to 24
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.6 times the share across England’s towns. As a reference point, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. For Pipsden, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
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.
Full-time students: 5.5%, a higher share than 75% 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%.
In Pipsden, half of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 9.3% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Typically, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 9.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer people live alone than in 98% of UK towns: 19% of households
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 average 2.6 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. In Pipsden, 33% of households have dependent children.
A lower share of households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.5%
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
Households without a car or van are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Above 89% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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 the Middle East and Asia (2.3%) or in EU countries (2.1%). Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. On residents born outside the UK, Pipsden sits higher than 65% of UK towns: 8.2%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 61% of UK towns: 93%
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: 93% of Pipsden · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is 48%, against 46% across England’s towns. Higher than in 57% of UK towns: 42% of residents said they have no religion. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Next after White British come Mixed or multiple (3%), Other White (2.5%) and Indian (0.2%).
65% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% 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
Unpaid carers giving 50 hours or more a week: 9. For married adults and civil partners, the comparison across England’s towns is 44%. Pipsden has fewer adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%. There is little gap on unpaid carers: 7.8%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 45%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 45% of Pipsden’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 9.8% have no qualification (18%).
Nearby, 2 of 7 towns have older populations than Pipsden
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipsden | 438 | — | 49.1 | 21% | 33% |
| Hawkhurst | 3,683 | 1 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 2.7 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
| Hurst Green | 1,181 | 3.2 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 3.8 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Northiam | 1,910 | 4.3 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 19% |
| Robertsbridge | 1,439 | 4.9 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Ticehurst | 1,464 | 5.2 mi | 47.2 | 30% | 29% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Pipsden’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 Pipsden’s residents
What is the population of Pipsden?
The 2021 Census counted 438 people in Pipsden’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Pipsden?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 21% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Pipsden?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Pipsden?
42% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 7.8% didn’t answer.
Is Pipsden good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Pipsden’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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