Photo: David Anstiss · CC BY-SA 2.0Households without a car or van: 5.1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
At 2.6 people, the average household compares with 2.4 across England’s towns. Cliffe Woods has fewer households in flats than 96% of UK towns, at 2.3%. The 2021 Census counted 2,689 residents in 1,027 households. On the census count, 19% of households are one person living alone.
A +8% change since 2011: Cliffe Woods grew faster than 54% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Cliffe Woods’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 2,800 people in 2011; 3,100 in 2024.
By age, the 65 and over group changed most (+81%) and the 16 to 29 group least (−16%). The biggest jump came in the year to mid-2022: 100 more people.
A median age of 45.5: Cliffe Woods is older than 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Nearly a quarter of Cliffe Woods is 65 or over, against 19% across Kent’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 77% of UK towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cliffe Woods, 45.5. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
4.7% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 99% 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 Cliffe Woods, 35% and 19%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Full-time students: 5.2% of the total.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
31% of households have dependent children, more than in 79% of UK towns
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 Cliffe Woods, 2.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, beside 4.3% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 29% of households have dependent children.
A larger share of households in detached houses than 78% of UK towns: 41%
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
15% of households live in a terraced house (England’s towns: 24%). For households in detached houses, the comparison across England’s towns is 21%.
Cliffe Woods: 99% of residents have English as their main language, above 80% 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%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By its share of residents born outside the UK (4.5%), Cliffe Woods is below 71% of UK towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (1.5%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). Residents whose main language is English make up 90% across England’s towns.
Cliffe Woods ranks below 55% of UK towns on residents who describe themselves as White British: 91%
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: 91% of Cliffe Woods · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Indian (2%), Mixed or multiple (1.9%) and Other White (1.6%). Few places have as many residents who describe themselves as Christian: 50% here, more than in 55% of UK towns. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. The figure for residents with no religion is 41% in Cliffe Woods and 37% across England’s towns.
More married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns: 58%
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
Here 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, where the figure across England’s towns is 39%. 88 people care, unpaid, for 50 hours or more a week. Cliffe Woods has fewer unpaid carers than 53% of UK towns, at 9.3%. On average, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.
23% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
16% of Cliffe Woods’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 23% have one at degree level (34%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 199th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Cliffe Woods in age: East Goscote (45.5), Pangbourne (45.5), Buckfastleigh (45.5) and Gobowen (45.6).
Of the 7 towns nearest Cliffe Woods, 2 are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffe Woods | 2,689 | — | 45.5 | 23% | 31% |
| Chattenden | 2,417 | 1.7 mi | 34.1 | 11% | 43% |
| Cliffe | 2,531 | 1.9 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 31% |
| Higham | 2,642 | 2.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 26% |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 8,758 | 2.7 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 31% |
| High Halstow | 1,823 | 3.2 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 31% |
| Shorne | 1,038 | 3.3 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 21% |
| Rochester | 67,279 | 3.4 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 32% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “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 Cliffe Woods’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Cliffe Woods’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 2,854 people in 2021, against 2,689 in the built-up area.
- 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 Cliffe Woods’s residents
What is the population of Cliffe Woods?
The 2021 Census counted 2,689 people in Cliffe Woods’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,100 people in mid-2024, 8% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Cliffe Woods?
The median age was 45.5 at the 2021 Census, older than 58% of UK towns. 11% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cliffe Woods?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cliffe Woods?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.3% didn’t answer.
Is Cliffe Woods good for families?
31% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cliffe Woods’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) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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