Cobham Hall (Including Kitchen and Stable Court) · Photo: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent · CC BY 2.5

52.9Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021

Half of Cobham is over 52.9, older than 94% of UK towns

Here 30% of households live in a flat or apartment, where the figure across England’s towns is 23%. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 19% of households have dependent children. Cobham’s 129 households held 291 residents at the 2021 Census. One-person households: 36% of the total.

36%aged 65 or over 4.5%born abroad 129households

Ages

Cobham sits above 97% of UK towns for residents aged 65 and over (36%)

Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.

CobhamEngland’s towns

0–410–1420–2430–3440–4450–5460–6470–7480–84

Young people aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6% of residents, against 12% across England’s towns. Set beside that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1517%

15 to 247.6%

25 to 4413%

45 to 6427%

65 and over36%

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

56% women, 44% men

Cobham

England

WomenMen

About 79 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.

Students & newcomers

Full-time students make up 2.1% in Cobham, less than in 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

Full-time students2.1%

Higher managerial and professional13%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate17%

Small employers and self-employed12%

Supervisory and technical7.2%

Semi-routine11%

Routine6%

Never worked or long-term unemployed10%

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.

Cobham

2.4%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

residents, 2.4%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0× England’s share

In Cobham, 35% of adults work in managerial and professional jobs and 17% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Across Cobham, 2.4% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. For comparison, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.

Households

2.3 people per household, fewer than in 62% of UK towns

Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.

Living alone, 66+ 30%Living alone, under 66 5.4%Families with dependent children 19%Couples and families, no young children 43%Shared houses and other 2.3%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Cobham

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person36%

2 people36%

3 people8.5%

4 people12%

5 or more7.8%

England’s towns.

Shared households of unrelated adults are rarer here than in 50% of UK towns.

Homes & cars

14% of households live in a terraced house, below 74% of UK towns

Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.

Type of home

Cobham

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van15%

One44%

Two28%

Three or more13%

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Across England’s towns, the share of households in detached houses is 21%; Cobham has 26%. Households in terraced houses make up 24% across England’s towns. The census found that 15% of households have no car or van locally.

Where people were born

A larger share of residents whose main language is English than 95% of UK towns: 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%

Cobham

4.5%

Kent’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language99%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well0.7%

Another main language, little or no English0%

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the Middle East and Asia (2.8%) and in EU countries (1%). The wider picture: 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Few places have so few residents born outside the UK: 4.5% here, fewer than in 71% of UK towns.

Ethnicity & religion

57% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 88% 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

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White1%

Asian3.4%

Mixed0.3%

Black0%

Other0%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 95% of Cobham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion36%

Christian57%

Muslim0%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist3.1%

Other religion0%

Didn’t answer4.1%

0%35%70%

36% of residents said they have no religion, against 37% across England’s towns. Typically, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 95% of the total.

Relationships & caring

A smaller share of adults who have never married than 82% of UK towns: 28%

Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.

Partnership status · residents 16 and over

Never married or in a civil partnership28%

Married or civil partnership51%

Separated1.3%

Divorced8%

Widowed12%

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

26residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 9.1%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4.9%

20 to 49 hours1.4%

50 hours or more2.8%

51% of adults are married or in a civil partnership (England’s towns: 44%). For comparison, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 8 residents. On unpaid carers, Cobham sits lower than 57% of UK towns: 9.1%.

Qualifications

27% of adults have qualifications at degree level

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications27%

Apprenticeship7.5%

A levels or similar15%

Degree level27%

CobhamKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Degree-level qualifications are held by 27% of adults in Cobham (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 27% (England’s towns: 18%).

Neighbours

Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Cobham

Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.

ShorneMeophamIstead RiseCuxtonGravesendHallingHighamCobham

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Cobham	291	—	52.9	36%	19%
Shorne	1,038	1.9 mi	54.9	34%	21%
Meopham	4,349	2 mi	49.8	27%	26%
Istead Rise	3,398	2.4 mi	52.2	31%	25%
Cuxton	3,039	2.5 mi	48.2	26%	27%
Gravesend	58,105	2.8 mi	38.3	16%	34%
Halling	2,926	3.1 mi	37.8	13%	35%
Higham	2,642	3.1 mi	50.5	29%	26%

More about Cobham’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

HealthLife expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commuteIncome, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of livingOwners and renters, prices, rents and council tax SchoolsEvery primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Cobham’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 Cobham’s residents

What is the population of Cobham?

The 2021 Census counted 291 people in Cobham’s built-up area.

What is the average age in Cobham?

The median age was 52.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Cobham?

95% 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 Cobham?

36% said they had no religion and 57% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.1% didn’t answer.

Is Cobham good for families?

19% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cobham’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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