Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0In Upper Harbledown, 4.6% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8%, below 93% of UK towns. Upper Harbledown is home to 429 residents in 154 households, by the 2021 Census. For Upper Harbledown, the census puts residents with no religion at 34%. 27% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 84% of UK towns.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 93% of UK towns, at 31%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Half of Upper Harbledown’s residents are over 49.1, older than in 80% of UK towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. 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 93 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% of adults are full-time students, more than in 59% 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%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 42% of Upper Harbledown’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 8.9%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. In Upper Harbledown, 9.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Upper Harbledown ranks below 99% of UK towns on one-person households: 17%
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.
Households average 2.5 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across the comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. The share of shared households of unrelated adults stands at 7.8%. 27% of households have dependent children, a lower share than in 57% of UK towns.
56% of households live in a detached house, a share 94% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Upper Harbledown comes in at 3.9%. Across England’s towns, households in detached houses come to 21%. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 24% here.
Upper Harbledown: 13% of residents were born outside the UK, above 82% 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
The share of residents whose main language is English is 93%, against 90% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in the Middle East and Asia (4.9%) and in Africa (3.7%).
Residents who describe themselves as White British: 83%, a lower share than 82% 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: 83% of Upper Harbledown · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (4.6%), Arab (2.6%) and Indian (2.3%). The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as White British across England’s towns: 73%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian are rarer here than in 77% of UK towns.
Fewer unpaid carers than 96% of UK towns: 7.1%
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
4 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Upper Harbledown has more married adults and civil partners than 69% of UK towns, at 51%. For comparison, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 41% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
41% of Upper Harbledown’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 18% have none (18%).
Around Upper Harbledown, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Harbledown | 429 | — | 49.1 | 31% | 27% |
| Rough Common | 1,291 | 1 mi | 42.5 | 24% | 27% |
| Blean | 1,327 | 1.7 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 22% |
| Canterbury | 55,107 | 2.2 mi | 27.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Chartham | 3,569 | 2.5 mi | 37.6 | 13% | 37% |
| Boughton under Blean | 2,274 | 3.2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 28% |
| Sturry | 4,857 | 4.3 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Whitstable | 32,185 | 4.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 23% |
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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 Upper Harbledown’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 Upper Harbledown’s residents
What is the population of Upper Harbledown?
The 2021 Census counted 429 people in Upper Harbledown’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Upper Harbledown?
The median age was 49.1 at the 2021 Census. 8% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Upper Harbledown?
83% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 13% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Upper Harbledown?
34% said they had no religion and 45% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 3.7% were Muslim and 14% didn’t answer.
Is Upper Harbledown good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Upper Harbledown’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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