Photo: nick macneill · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in terraced houses: 7%, a lower share than 95% of UK towns
Half of Sandhurst’s residents are over 48.9, older than in 79% of UK towns. There were 284 households locally at the 2021 Census, home to 670 residents. Married adults and civil partners account for 57%. By its share of households without a car or van (11%), Sandhurst is below just over three quarters of UK towns.
Sandhurst: 27% of residents are 65 or over, above 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: 8.4% of residents. The wider picture: 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 71% of UK towns: 9.1%. 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
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Sandhurst ranks below 95% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.3%
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 work; in Sandhurst, 33% and 19%. On average, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. In Sandhurst, 4.3% of adults are full-time students.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 70% 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, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is 4.3%; Sandhurst has 2.5%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. More households with dependent children than in 59% of UK towns: 28%. Typically, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns.
6.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, fewer than in 74% of UK towns
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
32% of households live in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for households in flats is 23% across England’s towns.
Sandhurst ranks below 61% of UK towns on residents born outside the UK: 5.4%
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English is 90%; Sandhurst has 98%. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.5%).
94% of residents describe themselves as White British, a share 62% of UK towns don’t reach
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: 94% of Sandhurst · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
1.3% of residents said their religion is Muslim. Higher than in three fifths of UK towns: 42% of residents said they have no religion. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 73% across England’s towns. By its share of residents who describe themselves as Christian (50%), Sandhurst is above 55% of UK towns.
In Sandhurst, 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 92% 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
In Sandhurst, 10% of residents give unpaid care, beside 8.7% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 28% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Sandhurst’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have no qualification (18%).
Around Sandhurst, 2 of 7 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhurst | 670 | — | 48.9 | 27% | 28% |
| Hawkhurst | 3,683 | 2.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 26% |
| Northiam | 1,910 | 2.7 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 19% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 2.9 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
| Hurst Green | 1,181 | 4.1 mi | 46.3 | 22% | 30% |
| Cranbrook | 3,962 | 4.9 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 26% |
| Robertsbridge | 1,439 | 5 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 25% |
| Ticehurst | 1,464 | 6.6 mi | 47.2 | 30% | 29% |
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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 Sandhurst’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 Sandhurst’s residents
What is the population of Sandhurst?
The 2021 Census counted 670 people in Sandhurst’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sandhurst?
The median age was 48.9 at the 2021 Census. 9.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sandhurst?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Sandhurst?
42% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 1.3% were Muslim and 4.8% didn’t answer.
Is Sandhurst good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sandhurst’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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