The Grange · Photo: Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4%
7.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. On households in detached houses, Plaxtol sits higher than 92% of UK towns: 53%. The village is home to 1,137 residents in 463 households, by the 2021 Census. For Plaxtol, the census puts married adults and civil partners at 62%.
Plaxtol is older than 70% of UK towns: a median age of 47.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
People aged 65 and over make up 20% of residents, against 18% across England’s towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of residents who moved in within the year than 91% of UK towns: 6.6%
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%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Plaxtol has 49% and 10%. Here, 4.5% of adults are full-time students. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 87% 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.
Across England’s towns, 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home; in Plaxtol, 3.2%. The average household has 2.5 people. Higher than in 79% of UK towns: 31% of households have dependent children. Elsewhere, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
Plaxtol sits below 81% of UK towns for households in flats (5.4%)
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
17% of households live in a terraced house; across England’s towns the figure is 24%. Households in flats make up 23% across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK make up 10% in Plaxtol, more than in 75% of UK towns
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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, Plaxtol has 98%. The usual figure: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.2%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (3.1%).
In Plaxtol, 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 78% 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: 90% of Plaxtol · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, 38% of residents said they have no religion here. On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Locally, 90% of residents describe themselves as White British.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 98% of UK towns, at 22%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 23. Plaxtol has more unpaid carers than 80% of UK towns, at 11%. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Degree-level qualifications: 50% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Plaxtol, 50% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 8.9% have no qualification at all (18%).
Plaxtol sits below 2 of its 7 closest neighbours on median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | — | 47.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 1.9 mi | 48 | 23% | 35% |
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 2.2 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 2.6 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 3.5 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 4.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 33% |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 4.2 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 31% |
| Seal | 1,616 | 4.4 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
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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 Plaxtol’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 Plaxtol’s residents
What is the population of Plaxtol?
The 2021 Census counted 1,137 people in Plaxtol’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Plaxtol?
The median age was 47.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Plaxtol?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 10% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Plaxtol?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 6% didn’t answer.
Is Plaxtol good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Plaxtol’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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