Photo: Robert Eva · CC BY-SA 2.0Cliffs End is older than 93% of UK towns: a median age of 52.6
Households in flats: 1.6% here and 23% across England’s towns. Cliffs End has more households in detached houses than 97% of UK towns, at 62%. At the 2021 Census, 1,284 people lived in the village, in 549 households. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 58% of the total.
What the Census says about Cliffs End’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Cliffs End’s residents are under 52.6 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 31% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
Above 92% of UK towns: 31% of residents are 65 or over
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.7%, Cliffs End is behind 82% of UK towns on that count. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s 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. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 78% of UK towns: 4.2%
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%.
Here 7.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, where the figure across England’s towns is 11%. Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%.
Fewer one-person households than 93% of UK towns: 23%
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.
Shared households of unrelated adults: 3.5%, near enough the figure across England’s towns. Lower than in four fifths of UK towns: 24% of households have dependent children. Set beside that, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Only 8.9% of households in Cliffs End have no car or van
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
24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns, against 11% in Cliffs End.
Above 73% of UK towns: 99% of residents have English as their main language
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 (2.3%) or in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.3%). As a yardstick, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Lower than in 55% of UK towns: 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK.
35% of residents said they have no religion, fewer than in 82% 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: 94% of Cliffs End · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
By its share of residents who describe themselves as White British (94%), Cliffs End is above two thirds of UK towns. Elsewhere, 37% of residents said they have no religion across England’s towns. Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.7%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Chinese (0.3%).
Adults who have never married: 23%, a lower share than 97% 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
8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns, against 11% in Cliffs End. Set beside that, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Across Cliffs End, 58% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications: held by 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Cliffs End’s adults: 29% with a degree-level qualification and 18% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
Cliffs End sits below 1 of its 7 closest neighbours on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffs End | 1,284 | — | 52.6 | 31% | 24% |
| Ramsgate | 42,031 | 2 mi | 42 | 20% | 28% |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4,739 | 2.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 25% |
| Broadstairs | 25,780 | 3.4 mi | 50.4 | 29% | 24% |
| Margate | 63,315 | 3.7 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 26% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 4.1 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 5.1 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Eastry | 2,388 | 6.2 mi | 51 | 28% | 24% |
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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 Cliffs End’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 Cliffs End’s residents
What is the population of Cliffs End?
The 2021 Census counted 1,284 people in Cliffs End’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cliffs End?
The median age was 52.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 31% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cliffs End?
94% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.8% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cliffs End?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 5.5% didn’t answer.
Is Cliffs End good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cliffs End’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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