Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0A smaller share of households without a car or van than 99% of UK towns: 4.9%
Half of Wrotham Heath’s residents are over 51.1, older than in nine in ten UK towns. At the 2021 Census, 545 people lived locally, in 208 households. The census found that 19% of households are one person living alone here. With households in detached houses at 56%, Wrotham Heath is ahead of 94% of UK towns on that count.
In Wrotham Heath, 7.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with nearly one in ten residents, 1.3 times the share across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. Across Wrotham Heath, 28% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Full-time students: 4.1%, a lower share than 80% 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%.
Nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year before the Census, against 11% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
2.5 people per household, more than in 91% 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.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 5.3%, against 4.3% across England’s towns. Here, 27% of households have dependent children.
Only 4.9% of households live in a flat or apartment in Wrotham Heath
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 terraced houses make up 17%, against 24% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in flats across England’s towns: 23%.
Below 69% of UK towns: 96% of residents have English as their main language
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
Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Wrotham Heath has 7.9%. For residents whose main language is English, the comparison across England’s towns is 90%. The largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the rest of Europe (1.3%).
In Wrotham Heath, 55% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 80% 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: 88% of Wrotham Heath · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents with no religion are about as common here as across England’s towns: 37%. As a yardstick, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as White British at 88% in Wrotham Heath.
55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 89% 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
Compared with 8.7% across England’s towns, 6.9% of residents give unpaid care here. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
The share of adults with a degree-level qualification: 29%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 29% of adults in Wrotham Heath, 34% across England’s towns; 19% have no qualification, against 18%.
Every neighbour of Wrotham Heath has a younger population
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrotham Heath | 545 | — | 51.1 | 28% | 27% |
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 1.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 1.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 2.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 2.7 mi | 48 | 23% | 35% |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 2.8 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 3 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 31% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 3.1 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
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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 Wrotham Heath’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 Wrotham Heath’s residents
What is the population of Wrotham Heath?
The 2021 Census counted 545 people in Wrotham Heath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wrotham Heath?
The median age was 51.1 at the 2021 Census. 7.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wrotham Heath?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wrotham Heath?
37% said they had no religion and 55% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Wrotham Heath good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wrotham Heath’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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