Church of St Andrew · Photo: Sirmoor536825 · CC BY-SA 3.01% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, below 99% of UK towns
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 7.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. Residents with no religion: 31% of the total. Nearly one in ten households have no car or van, fewer than in 89% of UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 277 people lived in Wickhambreaux, in 104 households.
Younger than 60% of UK towns: half of Wickhambreaux is under 43.2
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 65 and over: 18%, close to the figure 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
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 2.2%, a lower share than 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%.
Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns, against 12% in Wickhambreaux. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Families with children: 32% of households, more than in 83% 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.
The average household has 2.3 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. One-person households account for 25%. Households with dependent children make up 29% across England’s towns.
A smaller share of households in flats than 67% of UK towns: 7.8%
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
26% of households live in a terraced house, against 24% across England’s towns. On households in detached houses, Wickhambreaux sits lower than 55% of UK towns: 27%. The usual figure: nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Wickhambreaux: 23% of residents born outside the UK
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 30%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (19%) and in Africa (1.8%). Residents born outside the UK make up 18% across England’s towns. Fewer residents whose main language is English than in 98% of UK towns: 82%.
Fewer residents who describe themselves as White British than 86% of UK towns: 78%
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: 78% of Wickhambreaux · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (20%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Indian (0.7%). Few places have so few residents who describe themselves as Christian: 47% here, fewer than in 70% of UK towns. For residents who describe themselves as White British, the comparison across England’s towns is 73%.
Below 98% of UK towns: 6.4% of residents give unpaid care
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 Wickhambreaux, 45% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, beside 44% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. Adults who have never married account for 38%.
A degree-level qualification for 48% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 48% of adults in Wickhambreaux (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 7.1% (England’s towns: 18%).
A younger town than 5 of the 7 around it: Wickhambreaux
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickhambreaux | 277 | — | 43.2 | 18% | 32% |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 1 mi | 49.4 | 28% | 26% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 1.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Hersden | 2,118 | 2.3 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 40% |
| Sturry | 4,857 | 2.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 27% |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 3.8 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 4 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 4.1 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Wickhambreaux’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 Wickhambreaux’s residents
What is the population of Wickhambreaux?
The 2021 Census counted 277 people in Wickhambreaux’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wickhambreaux?
The median age was 43.2 at the 2021 Census. 7.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 18% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wickhambreaux?
78% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 23% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wickhambreaux?
31% said they had no religion and 47% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 21% didn’t answer.
Is Wickhambreaux good for families?
32% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wickhambreaux’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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