Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Families with children: 32% of households, more than in 83% of UK towns
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 88%, against 73% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Rusthall and Langton Green was home to 7,783 people in 3,244 households. Here, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Few places have so few adults who have never married: 29% here, fewer than in 77% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Rusthall and Langton Green’s people
Fewer people than in 2011
ONS mid-year estimates put Rusthall and Langton Green at 8,100 in 2011 and 8,000 in 2024, down 1%, against 10% for England: slower growth than in 87% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Slower than most: −1% since 2011, behind 87% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Rusthall and Langton Green’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 8,100 people in 2011; 8,000 in 2024.
The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+25%), the 30 to 44 group the smallest (−20%).
23% of residents are 65 or over, a share 57% of UK towns don’t reach
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
More residents are 10–14 than any other five-year age: 7.7% of residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. Half of Rusthall and Langton Green’s residents are over 45.1, older than in 54% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Rusthall and Langton Green, 45.1. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
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.
5.2% of adults are full-time students, more than in 65% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Rusthall and Langton Green, 43% and 17%. As a reference point, 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%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Rusthall and Langton Green households average 2.4 people, larger than in 72% 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 4.3% across England’s towns, 2.2% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. For Rusthall and Langton Green, the census puts one-person households at 29%.
Rusthall and Langton Green sits above 65% of UK towns for households in flats (14%)
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
The share of households in terraced houses is 23%, against 24% across England’s towns. Locally, nearly a third of households live in a detached house.
10% of residents were born outside the UK, 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
Across England’s towns, 90% of residents have English as their main language; in Rusthall and Langton Green, 97%. As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (4.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (2.3%).
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 71% 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: 88% of Rusthall and Langton Green · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Muslims make up 1.1% of residents. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion; in Rusthall and Langton Green, 40%.
A higher share of married adults and civil partners than 80% of UK towns, at 53%
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
Some 198 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. Fewer unpaid carers than in 77% of UK towns: 8.3%. Married adults and civil partners make up 44% across England’s towns.
40% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 40% of adults in Rusthall and Langton Green (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 14% (England’s towns: 18%).
589 UK towns of 5,000 to 11,000 people: this is the 293rd youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Tidworth (28.4), the youngest, and Barton on Sea (65.3), the oldest. Nearest to Rusthall and Langton Green in age: Rogerstone (45), Caldicot (45), Pool and Illogan (45.1) and Mold (45.1).
4 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Rusthall and Langton Green
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusthall and Langton Green | 7,783 | — | 45.1 | 23% | 32% |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 51,215 | 1.8 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 30% |
| Southborough | 9,632 | 2.1 mi | 41.9 | 17% | 33% |
| Groombridge | 1,077 | 2.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 29% |
| Leigh | 1,104 | 4.3 mi | 48.2 | 24% | 30% |
| Pembury | 5,783 | 4.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 28% |
| Tonbridge | 36,136 | 5.1 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 31% |
| Hildenborough | 4,943 | 5.4 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 33% |
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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 Rusthall and Langton Green’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Rusthall and Langton Green’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 7,924 people in 2021, against 7,783 in the built-up area.
- 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 Rusthall and Langton Green’s residents
What is the population of Rusthall and Langton Green?
The 2021 Census counted 7,783 people in Rusthall and Langton Green’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 8,000 people in mid-2024, about as many as in 2011.
What is the average age in Rusthall and Langton Green?
The median age was 45.1 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 8.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Rusthall and Langton Green?
88% 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 Rusthall and Langton Green?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.1% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Rusthall and Langton Green good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Rusthall and Langton Green’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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