Photo: Nick Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0A median age of 52.5: Bossingham is older than 93% of UK towns
Households without a car or van: 3.2%, below 99% of UK towns. Lower than in 95% of UK towns: 24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership. Bossingham had 380 residents in 159 households at the 2021 Census. For Bossingham, the census puts households in flats at 0.6%.
27% of Bossingham is 65 or over, a higher share than 80% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. By way of comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bossingham: 10% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, above 78% 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%.
In Bossingham, 47% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 11% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For Bossingham, the census puts full-time students at 4.8%.
Only 20% of households in Bossingham are one person living alone
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.
In Bossingham the average household is 2.4 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. 24% of households have dependent children, fewer than in 79% of UK towns. As a yardstick, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. On the census count, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.
63% of households live in a detached house, more than in 97% 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
Across England’s towns, 24% of households live in a terraced house; in Bossingham, 16%. Households in detached houses: 21% across England’s towns, for comparison.
100% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 99% of UK towns
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
The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (2.4%). More residents born outside the UK than in 63% of UK towns: 7.9%. As a yardstick, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns: 60%
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 Bossingham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
With residents who describe themselves as White British at 93%, Bossingham is ahead of 62% of UK towns on that count. The census found that a third of residents said they have no religion in the village. By way of comparison, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 99% of UK towns: 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
At 8.7%, unpaid carers sit close to the figure across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 10 people. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 44% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
At degree level, Bossingham counts 44% of its adults, against 34% across England’s towns; at the other end, 9.7% have no qualification (18%).
Around Bossingham, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossingham | 380 | — | 52.5 | 27% | 24% |
| Bridge | 1,539 | 3.8 mi | 52.6 | 32% | 25% |
| Chartham | 3,569 | 4.3 mi | 37.6 | 13% | 37% |
| Lyminge | 1,918 | 4.9 mi | 55.1 | 37% | 21% |
| Canterbury | 55,107 | 5.7 mi | 27.5 | 13% | 24% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 5.7 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Wye | 2,064 | 6.3 mi | 49.1 | 29% | 25% |
| Littlebourne | 1,596 | 6.5 mi | 49.4 | 28% | 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 Bossingham’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 Bossingham’s residents
What is the population of Bossingham?
The 2021 Census counted 380 people in Bossingham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bossingham?
The median age was 52.5 at the 2021 Census. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bossingham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bossingham?
33% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.8% didn’t answer.
Is Bossingham good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bossingham’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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