Photo: Marathon · CC BY-SA 2.0Households with dependent children make up 33% in Aldington, more than in 90% of UK towns
With households without a car or van at 8.1%, Aldington is behind 91% of UK towns on that count. The census found that 56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership here. Lower than in 93% of UK towns: 7.9% of residents are aged 15 to 24. The village had 1,280 residents and 512 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 43.3.
Younger than 59% of UK towns: half of Aldington is under 43.3
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.7% of residents. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
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.
Only 3.7% of adults are full-time students in Aldington
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%.
In Aldington, 7.1% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. The benchmark for full-time students across England’s towns: 7.9%.
Larger households than 87% of UK towns: 2.5 people 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.
1.8% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home (England’s towns: 4.3%). Census figures put one-person households at 26% in Aldington.
Aldington ranks above 84% of UK towns on households in detached houses: 45%
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
Against a figure of 23% across England’s towns, the share of households in flats in Aldington comes in at 5.8%. Compared with other places, households in terraced houses are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 57% of UK towns. Elsewhere, 21% of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
A higher share of residents whose main language is English than 90% of UK towns, at 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) or in Africa (1.6%). At 6.3%, the share of residents born outside the UK is lower than in just over half of UK towns.
Above 61% of UK towns: 51% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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: 92% of Aldington · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Other White (3.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.6%) and Indian (1.1%). On average, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Aldington has more residents with no religion than 52% of UK towns, at 41%. 92% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 82% across Kent’s towns and 73% across England’s towns.
Below 94% of UK towns: 25% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership
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
Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 34 people. The wider picture: nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Few places have as many unpaid carers: 9.6% here, more than in 58% of UK towns.
32% of adults have qualifications at degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Aldington counts 32% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 16% have no qualification (18%).
Around Aldington, 5 of 7 towns have a higher median age
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldington | 1,280 | — | 43.3 | 22% | 33% |
| Brabourne Lees | 1,479 | 2.6 mi | 51.2 | 29% | 24% |
| Finberry | 1,571 | 2.8 mi | 30.3 | 4.1% | 47% |
| Lympne | 1,074 | 3.7 mi | 52.7 | 28% | 22% |
| Hamstreet | 1,738 | 4.3 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 31% |
| Ashford | 82,143 | 4.8 mi | 37.2 | 15% | 35% |
| Dymchurch | 3,097 | 4.9 mi | 59.2 | 39% | 15% |
| Shadoxhurst | 1,009 | 5.5 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 26% |
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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 Aldington’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 Aldington’s residents
What is the population of Aldington?
The 2021 Census counted 1,280 people in Aldington’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aldington?
The median age was 43.3 at the 2021 Census. 7.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 22% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aldington?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 6.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aldington?
41% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Aldington good for families?
33% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aldington’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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