Photo: Simon Burchell · CC BY-SA 4.0More detached houses than 99% of UK towns: 67% of households
6.8% of households have no car or van, against 24% across England’s towns. Addington counted 547 residents and 221 households at the 2021 Census. Locally, 21% of households are one person living alone. Fewer adults who have never married than in 98% of UK towns: 23%.
Older than 84% of UK towns: half of Addington is over 50
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Addington is ahead of 75% of UK towns on that count. Still, residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 90% of UK 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.
In Addington, 5.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 98% 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%.
Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Addington, 45% and 10%. Full-time students account for 4.6%. Against that, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
Bigger households than 88% of UK towns: 2.5 people each on average
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.
For Addington, the census puts shared households of unrelated adults at 2.3%. Lower than in 52% of UK towns: 27% of households have dependent children.
A smaller share of households in terraced houses than 84% of UK towns: 12%
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
Where nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns, Addington has 5.4%. Measured more widely, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 77% of UK towns: 99%
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
5.1% of residents were born outside the UK (England’s towns: 18%). Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (1.7%), then in EU countries (1.5%). On average, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
Residents with no religion make up 30% in Addington, less than in 93% 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: 93% of Addington · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59% here and 46% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (4%), Mixed or multiple (1.1%) and Chinese (0.7%). Higher than in 58% of UK towns: 93% of residents describe themselves as White British.
Addington ranks above 99% of UK towns on married adults and civil partners: 62%
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
The number giving 50 or more hours of unpaid care a week is 12. Fewer unpaid carers than in 78% of UK towns: 8.3%. Against that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
Qualified to degree level: 32% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 34% of adults have a degree-level qualification; in Addington, 32%, and 17% have none, against 18%.
Every nearby town is younger than Addington
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addington | 547 | — | 50 | 26% | 27% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 1.5 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
| Vigo Village | 2,005 | 1.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 33% |
| Culverstone Green | 2,038 | 2.5 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 27% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 2.7 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 2.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 32% |
| Wrotham | 1,961 | 3 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 30% |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 3.1 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 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 Addington’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 Addington’s residents
What is the population of Addington?
The 2021 Census counted 547 people in Addington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Addington?
The median age was 50 at the 2021 Census. 8.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Addington?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Addington?
30% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 9.5% didn’t answer.
Is Addington good for families?
27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Addington’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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