Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0Wittersham is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 55.3
Terraced houses are home to 2.1% of households, against 24% across England’s towns. Here, 6% of households have no car or van. Households with dependent children are rarer here than in 88% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 545 residents in 237 households.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Wittersham, more than in 97% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 70–74, with just over one in ten residents, 2.4 times the share across England’s towns. Across Wittersham, nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. As a reference point, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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.
Wittersham ranks below 93% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 6.4%
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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine or semi-routine work; Wittersham has 38% and 16%. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students account for 5.1%.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
One-person households make up 25% in Wittersham, less than in 86% 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 typical household size is 2.4 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, one-person households come to 30%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 2.5%.
Wittersham: 59% of households live in a detached house, above 95% of UK towns
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
The figure for households in flats is 3.4% in Wittersham and 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
In Wittersham, 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 98% 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
Where 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, Wittersham has 6.8%. Measured more widely, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Residents born abroad were most often born in EU countries (3.3%), then in Africa (1.7%).
More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 92% of UK towns: 59%
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: 93% of Wittersham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Besides White British, the main groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Caribbean (0.2%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 80% of UK towns. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. The figure for residents who describe themselves as White British is 93% in Wittersham and 73% across England’s towns.
61% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Wittersham, 23%. Higher than in 53% of UK towns: 9.4% of residents give unpaid care. As a reference point, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 11 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 31% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
31% of Wittersham’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 15% have none (18%).
A younger town than 3 of the 7 around it: Wittersham
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittersham | 545 | — | 55.3 | 35% | 22% |
| Tenterden | 7,775 | 4 mi | 54.4 | 35% | 20% |
| Northiam | 1,910 | 4.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 19% |
| Rye | 4,888 | 4.7 mi | 52.5 | 30% | 19% |
| Woodchurch | 1,201 | 5.1 mi | 56.8 | 39% | 22% |
| Benenden | 1,409 | 6.5 mi | 29.7 | 18% | 25% |
| Winchelsea Beach | 1,027 | 6.8 mi | 60.8 | 42% | 12% |
| Camber | 1,132 | 6.9 mi | 50.8 | 25% | 22% |
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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 Wittersham’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 Wittersham’s residents
What is the population of Wittersham?
The 2021 Census counted 545 people in Wittersham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wittersham?
The median age was 55.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 35% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wittersham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wittersham?
35% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is Wittersham good for families?
22% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wittersham’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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