Photo: Malc McDonald · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 4.7% of households have no car or van in Trottiscliffe
12% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. Trottiscliffe’s 105 households held 262 residents at the 2021 Census. Locally, 4.1% of residents give unpaid care. With a median age of 50.1, Trottiscliffe is older than 85% of UK towns.
Only 9.2% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Trottiscliffe
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 23%, against 18% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Trottiscliffe sits below 79% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (7.3%)
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%.
Nothing unusual on full-time students: 7.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year make up 11% across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Fewer one-person households than 87% of UK towns: 25%
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.
By its share of households with dependent children (27%), Trottiscliffe is below 57% of UK towns. Meanwhile, at 2.9%, the share of shared households of unrelated adults is higher than in 72% of UK towns. To put it in context, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Average household size: 2.5 people.
More detached houses than 98% of UK towns: 65% of households
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
23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, against 1.9% in Trottiscliffe. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%.
2.7% born outside the UK, fewer than in 95% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
99% of residents have English as their main language (England’s towns: 90%). The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (1.9%) or in EU countries (0.4%).
Trottiscliffe ranks above 91% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58%
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 Trottiscliffe · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Here 34% of residents said they have no religion, where the figure across England’s towns is 37%. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as White British stands at 94%.
Trottiscliffe sits above 89% of UK towns for married adults and civil partners (55%)
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
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 3 residents. The benchmark for married adults and civil partners across England’s towns: 44%. Fewer adults who have never married than in 84% of UK towns: 27%.
Qualified to degree level: 35% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Trottiscliffe, 35% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 10% have no qualification at all (18%). A levels top the qualifications of 18%, many of them students on the way to a degree.
The towns around Trottiscliffe are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trottiscliffe | 262 | — | 50.1 | 23% | 27% |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 1.4 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 2 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 2.6 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 2.8 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 3.8 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 31% |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 3.8 mi | 48 | 23% | 35% |
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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 Trottiscliffe’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 Trottiscliffe’s residents
What is the population of Trottiscliffe?
The 2021 Census counted 262 people in Trottiscliffe’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Trottiscliffe?
The median age was 50.1 at the 2021 Census. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Trottiscliffe?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 2.7% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Trottiscliffe?
34% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.7% didn’t answer.
Is Trottiscliffe good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Trottiscliffe’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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