Photo: Stacey Harris · CC BY-SA 2.081% of households live in a detached house, more than in 99% of UK towns
The share of households without a car or van trails 98% of UK towns: 5.6%. Well Hill counted 284 residents and 110 households at the 2021 Census. On the census count, 15% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 59% here, more than in 96% of UK towns.
Half of Well Hill is over 49.2, older than 81% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 84% of UK towns: 11%. Residents aged 65 and over: 20% of the total.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Well Hill, 3.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 99% 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%.
In Well Hill, 46% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 12% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Census figures put full-time students at 5.1% here. The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Bigger households than 98% of UK towns: 2.7 people each on average
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.
Little separates the share of households with dependent children here, 29%, from the figure across England’s towns. The census found that 6.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Well Hill.
Only 3.7% of households live in a terraced house in Well Hill
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
Households in flats are rarer here than in 99% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
More residents born outside the UK than 82% of UK towns: 13%
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (5.6%), then in Africa (3.5%). As a reference point, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Few places have as many residents whose main language is English: 99% here, more than in 84% of UK towns.
Well Hill sits below 82% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as White British (82%)
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: 82% of Well Hill · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion: 38%, below 65% of UK towns. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian stands at 54%.
A smaller share of adults who have never married than 74% of UK towns: 29%
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: 7.4%, below 92% of UK towns. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Some 3 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Well Hill, 37% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 16% have no qualification at all (18%).
Older than Well Hill: 1 of the 7 towns nearby
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well Hill | 284 | — | 49.2 | 20% | 29% |
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | 1.9 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Eynsford | 1,676 | 2.9 mi | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 3.1 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 3.5 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Otford and Kemsing | 7,332 | 3.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 33% |
| Hextable | 4,100 | 4.3 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 26% |
| Dunton Green | 3,241 | 4.4 mi | 36.3 | 12% | 34% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Well Hill’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 Well Hill’s residents
What is the population of Well Hill?
The 2021 Census counted 284 people in Well Hill’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Well Hill?
The median age was 49.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 20% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Well Hill?
82% 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 Well Hill?
38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Well Hill good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Well Hill’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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