Photo: Oast House Archive · CC BY-SA 2.0A lower share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns, at 24%
By its share of households without a car or van (9.5%), Coxheath is below 85% of UK towns. There were 3,487 households in the town at the 2021 Census, home to 8,453 residents. Locally, 7.5% of households live in a flat or apartment. More married adults and civil partners than in 76% of UK towns: 52%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 69% of UK towns: 9.2%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
The biggest five-year age group is 55–59, with 7.3% of residents. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 57% of UK towns. Set beside that, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Coxheath, 44.3. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
In Coxheath, 4% of adults are full-time students, fewer than in 85% 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%.
By class, 37% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 21% in routine and semi-routine work (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). Just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, a higher share than in 89% of UK towns. As a reference point, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Coxheath households average 2.4 people, larger than in 80% 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.
Little separates the share of households with dependent children here, 29%, from the figure across England’s towns. More shared households of unrelated adults than in nearly two thirds of UK towns: 2.7%.
Households in terraced houses: 13%, a lower share than 78% 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
With households in detached houses at 33%, Coxheath is ahead of 61% of UK towns on that count. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
7.5% of residents were born outside the UK, a share 60% of UK towns don’t reach
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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3.9%) or in Africa (1.4%). Lower than in just over three fifths of UK towns: 97% of residents have English as their main language. For residents born outside the UK, the comparison across England’s towns is 18%. 14% of those born abroad arrived in 2017 or later, against 21% across England’s towns.
Coxheath sits above 67% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (52%)
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 Coxheath · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
91% of residents describe themselves as White British, against 73% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian. The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.8%). Few places have so few residents with no religion: 41% here, fewer than in 52% of UK towns.
Adults who have never married: 29%, a lower share than 72% 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
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.9%, about the same as across England’s towns. For 232 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. The share of adults who have never married across England’s towns is 39%.
Among adults, 28% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Coxheath’s adults: 28% with a degree-level qualification and 16% with none, against 34% and 18% across England’s towns.
194th lowest median age among 424 UK towns of 6,000 to 11,000
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Tidworth is the youngest (28.4); Barton on Sea the oldest (65.3). Nearest to Coxheath in age: Darfield (44.3), Lutterworth (44.3), Cleator Moor (44.4) and Kirkham (44.4).
A younger town than 4 of the 7 around it: Coxheath
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxheath | 8,453 | — | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 2.6 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 3 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 3.8 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 4 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
| Sutton Valence | 1,457 | 4.1 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 28% |
| Marden | 3,489 | 4.1 mi | 38.5 | 18% | 32% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 5 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 Coxheath’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 Coxheath’s residents
What is the population of Coxheath?
The 2021 Census counted 8,453 people in Coxheath’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coxheath?
The median age was 44.3 at the 2021 Census, younger than 51% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coxheath?
91% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 7.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coxheath?
41% said they had no religion and 52% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.8% were Muslim and 5.1% didn’t answer.
Is Coxheath good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coxheath’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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