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A town in Kent, South East, home to 7,783 people.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Schools do well: primary results beat 97% of towns in England; secondary results beat 99% of towns in England. Rusthall and Langton Green’s overall A puts it #5 of 87 in Kent. Nationally, it does better than 86% of UK towns. It is strong on jobs & income as well (B+): households earn a mean £71,647 a year, and 2.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Housing is expensive: homes sell for a median £470,000, about 6.9 times local household income. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for safety and B for health.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Rusthall and Langton Green is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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The 3 things Rusthall and Langton Green does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Rusthall and Langton Green’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
33% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1903.
Explore the history →30 listed buildings in Rusthall and Langton Green.
Church of All Saints: Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Forge Approximately 5 Metres North of Forge House: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Red Lion Public House: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hollonds Farmhouse: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rusthall and Langton Green.
Of its 2 schools, one is shown below, with the reason. Langton Green Primary School’s results beat 96% of schools in England like it. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 76% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langton Green Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 422 | A+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 42% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 10% of its commuters stay in Rusthall and Langton Green for work. 78% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Working mainly from home: just over two in five workers, higher than both Kent’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (31%). For every resident in work, Rusthall and Langton Green has 0.4 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up a third of the total, above both Kent’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (16%). Rusthall and Langton Green has 30 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Owners make up 69% of households, higher than both Kent’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%). The £470,000 median rests on 281 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026). The social rented sector houses 18% of households.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £820,750 | 94 |
| Semi-detached | £440,000 | 93 |
| Terraced | £367,500 | 68 |
| Flat or maisonette | £206,250 | 26 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
At the census, 85% of people in Rusthall and Langton Green called their health good or very good, above Kent’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. Disability touches 15% of the town’s population. One GP practice serves the town; 90% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Rusthall and Langton Green | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 55% of recorded crime. Over the year to August 2026, 294 offences were reported in Rusthall and Langton Green, along with 84 incidents of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Rusthall and Langton Green records less crime per resident than nearly three fifths of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
People aged 15 to 24 are 8.9% of the population. 23% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Kent’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%), and under-15s account for 20% of the population. Half of Rusthall and Langton Green is older than 45.1, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Rusthall and Langton Green | Kent | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.6% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 40% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Kent and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Rusthall and Langton Green. Best known first.
Heritage railwaySpa Valley Railway600 m outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseSalomons Museum1.4 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumThe Amelia Scott1.5 km outside town, to the eastAttractionAttractionEridge Rocks2.8 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
3 notable people were born in Rusthall and Langton Green.
Emma Louisa Turner: unknown, image taken in the 1890s, Public domain
Town in Kent, England
Rusthall and Langton Green is a built-up area of 7,783 people, in the Tunbridge Wells council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | — | A | C | B | B |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 1.8 | A− | C+ | C | B |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 2.1 | A− | C | B− | B− |
| Groombridge | 1,077 | 2.4 | — | D | A+ | A+ |
| Leigh | 1,104 | 4.3 | — | D | A | A+ |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 4.4 | B− | C | C− | B− |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 5.1 | B+ | C+ | C | B− |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 5.4 | A+ | C− | A | A |
Groombridge and Leigh have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Among the strongest in England: GCSE results beat 99% of towns in England, and primary results beat 97% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Rusthall and Langton Green has 2 state schools; places are handled by Kent council.
That is 1.6 times the typical UK town for its size.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £470,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £206,250, terraced houses £367,500, semi-detached houses £440,000 and detached houses £820,750.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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