Photo: Lynbarn · Public domain58% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 99% of UK towns
Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Aylesford has 6.7%. 734 residents in 350 households: that is Aylesford at the 2021 Census. Married adults and civil partners: 39% of the total. Fewer households with dependent children than in 81% of UK towns: 24%.
15% of residents are 65 or over, below 90% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; across England’s towns the figure is 12%. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. The median age in Aylesford is 44.8, higher than in 52% of UK towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Aylesford sits below 85% of UK towns for full-time students (4%)
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%.
Residents who moved in within the year: 9.9%, above 71% of UK towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 99% of UK towns don’t reach
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.
Households average 2.1 people, against 2.4 across England’s towns. For comparison, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.1% of the total.
Households in flats make up 20% in Aylesford, more than in 83% of UK towns
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
The census found that 15% of households have no car or van in Aylesford. The wider picture: 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Aylesford: 7.8% of residents born outside the UK
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
Residents born abroad were most often born in the Middle East and Asia (2.1%), then in Africa (2.1%). On average, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. 98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns.
A lower share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 69% of UK towns, at 89%
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: 89% of Aylesford · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Where 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, Aylesford has 51%. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 73% across England’s towns, for comparison. In Aylesford, just over two in five residents said they have no religion.
Unpaid carers: 7.1%, a lower share than 96% 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
Across England’s towns, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership; in Aylesford, 38%. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. 12 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 29% 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 Aylesford, 29%, and 16% have none, against 18%.
1 in 7 nearby towns have a higher median age than Aylesford
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylesford | 734 | — | 44.8 | 15% | 24% |
| Eccles | 1,706 | 1.1 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 31% |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 1.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 32% |
| Burham | 1,293 | 1.8 mi | 48.8 | 24% | 23% |
| Snodland | 11,820 | 2.5 mi | 38.6 | 16% | 31% |
| West Malling | 4,251 | 3 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 31% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 3.1 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 3.7 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
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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 Aylesford’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 Aylesford’s residents
What is the population of Aylesford?
The 2021 Census counted 734 people in Aylesford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Aylesford?
The median age was 44.8 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 15% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Aylesford?
89% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Aylesford?
42% said they had no religion and 51% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 4.6% didn’t answer.
Is Aylesford good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Aylesford’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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