Editing Reculver (section)

==Demography==
In the [[Census in the United Kingdom|census]] of 1801 the number of people present in the parish of Reculver, enclosing an area of about {{convert|2|sqmi|km2|0}} and including the settlements of Hillborough, Bishopstone and part of Broomfield, was given as 252, and this figure remained roughly stable until the 20th century when a dramatic increase was recorded: in the census of 1931, the number was given as 829.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Maps/REC/01.htm |title=Reculver Population 1801 to 1921 |publisher=KAS |year=2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229233631/http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Maps/REC/01.htm |archive-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 |postscript=; }} {{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10224330&c_id=10001043 |title=Reculver AP/CP |author=Vision of Britain |publisher=University of Portsmouth et al. |at=Chart view |year=2009 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PiE9CRGn?url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10224330&c_id=10001043 |archive-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref> But this included holidaymakers, and in 2005 the number of people at Reculver was estimated to increase to "over 1,000&nbsp;at the height of the [summer] holiday season".<ref>{{harvnb|Philp|2005|p=2}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/200-years-of-the-census/census-1911-2001/index.html |title=Census 1911–2001 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=n.d. |at=1931 Census |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521115740/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/200-years-of-the-census/census-1911-2001/index.html |archive-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2014 }}</ref>{{refn|The form for the 1931 census specified that the presence of "visitors" should be recorded; visitors should also give their usual postal address.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/200-years-of-the-census/census-1911-2001/index.html |title=Census 1911–2001 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=n.d. |at=1931 Census |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521115740/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/census-history/200-years-of-the-census/census-1911-2001/index.html |archive-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2014 }}</ref>|group=Fn}}

[[File:Fred C Palmer Reculver 1913 002.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|alt=Reculver postcard from 1913|Postcard of Reculver from 1913, with a tourist café in the foreground]]
In the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]], conducted on 29&nbsp;April, the relevant [[Census tract|census area]] covered {{convert|2.79|sqmi|km2|0}} and included only Reculver and outlying farms and houses, in which 135&nbsp;people were found, almost a quarter of whom were in caravans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=457352&c=CT6+6SU&d=15&e=8&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1324575452150&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for Physical Environment |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |year=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420022331/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=457352&c=CT6%2B6SU&d=15&e=8&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1324575452150&enc=1 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2014 }}; {{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=457352&c=CT6+6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |year=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518164546/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do%3Bjessionid%3Dac1f930d30d5bbbe57e4b23e4636af3fcdb2be2f4cea?a=3&b=457352&c=CT6%2B6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1305451938093&enc=1&a=3&b=457352&c=CT6%2B6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1290 |archive-date=18 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2014 |postscript=; }} {{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do;jsessionid=ac1f930b30d8d90452de21b04c31a6f1b6b88801837d?a=7&b=457352&c=CT6+6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1284032438218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=129&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1232 |title=Area: E00122332 (Output Area) Accommodation Type – People (UV42) |publisher=Office for National Statistics |year=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612140348/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do%3Bjsessionid%3Dac1f930b30d8d90452de21b04c31a6f1b6b88801837d?a=7&b=457352&c=CT6%206SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1284032438218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=129&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1232 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref> All were born in the United Kingdom except for three individuals from the Republic of Ireland and three from South Africa. Gender was given as 69&nbsp;female and 66&nbsp;male, and the age distribution was 12&nbsp;individuals aged 0–5&nbsp;years (8.8%), 16 aged 6–16&nbsp;years (14%), 30 aged 17–35&nbsp;years (22.2%), 14 aged 36–45&nbsp;years (10.3%), 44 aged 46–64&nbsp;years (32.5%) and 21 aged 65&nbsp;years and over (15.5%). Half (67) of all the individuals recorded were described as economically active, with 58&nbsp;of these having employers and nine being self-employed; none were recorded as full-time students or unemployed. Twenty-four people (17.7%) were described as retired. Of those aged 16–74&nbsp;years, 14&nbsp;(12.8%) were placed at the highest level for education or qualification. Christianity was the only religion represented, by 99&nbsp;individuals, with 22&nbsp;recorded as having no religion and 14&nbsp;whose religion was not stated.<ref name=census2001>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=457352&c=CT6+6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1 |title=Key Figures for 2001 Census: Census Area Statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |year=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518164546/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do%3Bjessionid%3Dac1f930d30d5bbbe57e4b23e4636af3fcdb2be2f4cea?a=3&b=457352&c=CT6%2B6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=0&s=1305451938093&enc=1&a=3&b=457352&c=CT6%2B6SU&d=15&e=16&g=457352&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1290 |archive-date=18 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2014 }}</ref> From April 2001 to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households in the electoral ward of Reculver was estimated by the [[Office for National Statistics]] as £560, or £29,120 per year; this was below the average for the south-east of England, excluding London, which was £660, or £34,320.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6179320&c=Reculver&d=14&e=14&g=457343&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1323816846716&enc=1&dsFamilyId=266|title=Neighbourhood Statistics Area: Reculver (Ward)|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|publisher=Office for National Statistics|at=Income: Model-Based Estimates|date=n.d.| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520095941/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6179320&c=Reculver&d=14&e=14&g=457343&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1400579951907&enc=1&dsFamilyId=266&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1290 | archive-date=20 May 2014 | url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>

In the 2011 census the relevant census area was identical to the electoral ward, an area of {{convert|3.55|sqmi|km2|0}}, and produced information for the area as a whole.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6505229&c=CT6+6SU&d=14&e=62&g=6436298&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1396348642042&enc=1 |title=Area: Reculver (Ward) Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=n.d. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407083909/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6505229&c=CT6%206SU&d=14&e=62&g=6436298&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1396348642042&enc=1 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 |postscript=; }} {{cite web|url=https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2FDocuments%2Ffacts%2Dand%2Dfigures%2FPopulation%2Dand%2DCensus%2F2011%20Census& |title=Census: Usual residents by resident type, and population density, number of households with at least one usual resident and average household size |publisher=Kent County Council |year=2012 |at=2011-census-hsehlds-hsehld-pop-ahhs.kent-wards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520134613/https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=%2FDocuments%2Ffacts-and-figures%2FPopulation-and-Census%2F2011%20Census& |archive-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref> Therefore, while the total resident population of the ward at the 2011 census numbered 8,845, detailed information comparable to that of the 2001 census is unavailable.