Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0Only 23% of households in Wrotham are one person living alone
In Wrotham, 7.4% of households have no car or van, beside 24% across England’s towns. Across Wrotham, 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Nearly two in five households live in a detached house, more than in 74% of UK towns. The 2021 Census put the village’s population at 1,961, in 782 households.
A median age of 46.2: Wrotham is older than 63% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%, Wrotham is ahead of 89% of UK towns on that count. Locally, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
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.
Wrotham ranks below 74% of UK towns on residents who moved in within the year: 7.6%
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%.
By class, 38% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 19% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). 4.9% of adults are full-time students, a higher share than in 52% of UK towns. On average, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Wrotham households average 2.5 people, larger than in 92% 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.
On shared households of unrelated adults, 4.1% here is much the same as across England’s towns. In Wrotham, 30% of households have dependent children.
Wrotham ranks above 85% of UK towns on households in terraced houses: 31%
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
By its share of households in flats (5%), Wrotham is below 83% of UK towns. Households in terraced houses: 24% across England’s towns, for comparison.
A higher share of residents born outside the UK than 68% of UK towns, at 8.8%
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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
97% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (4.3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%).
53% of residents describe themselves as Christian, a share 72% of UK towns don’t reach
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 · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 88%, against 73% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Next after White British come Other White (5.4%), Mixed or multiple (2.7%) and Indian (0.7%). At 41%, the share of residents with no religion is higher than in 51% of UK towns.
52% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 77% of UK towns don’t reach
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
61 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. The share of married adults and civil partners across England’s towns is 44%. Compared with other places, unpaid carers are common here: 11%, more than in 79% of UK towns.
31% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 31% of adults in Wrotham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 18% (England’s towns: 18%).
Wrotham is younger than 4 of its 7 nearest neighbours
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 | 1,961 | — | 46.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Borough Green | 4,712 | 1.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 31% |
| Ightham | 2,037 | 2.2 mi | 48 | 23% | 35% |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 2.7 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 2.7 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 33% |
| West Kingsdown | 4,306 | 3.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 22% |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 3.5 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 31% |
| Seal | 1,616 | 4 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 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’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’s residents
What is the population of Wrotham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,961 people in Wrotham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Wrotham?
The median age was 46.2 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Wrotham?
88% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 8.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Wrotham?
41% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.
Is Wrotham good for families?
30% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Wrotham’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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