The Old Hall · Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0Sundridge ranks below 96% of UK towns on households without a car or van: 6.6%
In Sundridge, 26% of households are one person living alone, beside 30% across England’s towns. The village has more residents who describe themselves as Christian than 82% of UK towns, at 55%. Census day 2021: 1,190 residents and 508 households locally. Here, 6.9% of households live in a flat or apartment.
Sundridge sits below 74% of UK towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9%)
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 22%, against 18% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents. Half of Sundridge’s residents are over 46.4, older than in 64% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
5.3% of adults are full-time students, a share 69% of UK towns don’t reach
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%.
The share of residents who moved in within the year is 9.1%, against 11% across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 2%, a lower share than 71% 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.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 28% in Sundridge. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Sundridge sits above 65% of UK towns for households in detached houses (35%)
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
Across Sundridge, just over a fifth of households live in a terraced house.
10% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 74% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Born abroad and arrived since 2017: 18% of that group, against 21% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in Africa (3.5%) and in EU countries (2.9%).
89% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 68% 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: 89% of Sundridge · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The next-largest groups, after White British, are Other White (5.6%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Chinese (0.9%). Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 39%, fewer than in 64% of UK towns. Typically, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns.
Above 68% of UK towns: 51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
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: 23. Typically, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. On unpaid carers, Sundridge sits higher than nearly three quarters of UK towns: 10%. Against a figure of 39% across England’s towns, the share of adults who have never married in Sundridge comes in at 32%.
A degree-level qualification for 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Sundridge, 37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 11% have no qualification at all (18%).
2 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Sundridge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundridge | 1,190 | — | 46.4 | 22% | 28% |
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | 2.1 mi | 36.3 | 12% | 34% |
| Sevenoaks | 26,474 | 2.4 mi | 42 | 18% | 36% |
| Westerham | 3,390 | 2.5 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 30% |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 3.9 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 33% |
| Seal | 1,616 | 4.1 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 31% |
| Tatsfield | 1,379 | 4.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 30% |
| Limpsfield | 2,247 | 5.2 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 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 Sundridge’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 Sundridge’s residents
What is the population of Sundridge?
The 2021 Census counted 1,190 people in Sundridge’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Sundridge?
The median age was 46.4 at the 2021 Census. 9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Sundridge?
89% 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 Sundridge?
39% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4% didn’t answer.
Is Sundridge good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Sundridge’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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