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48.2Median age

Who lives here · ONS Census 2021 & mid-year estimates

Cuxton sits below 93% of UK towns for households in flats (3%)

Households in terraced houses: 14% here and 24% across England’s towns. The 2021 Census counted 3,039 residents in 1,243 households. Adults who have never married account for 28%. One-person households are rarer here than in 91% of UK towns.

+4%people since 2011 26%aged 65 or over 5.8%born abroad 1,243households

Population since 2011

+4% since 2011: slower than 69% of UK towns

ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Cuxton’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.

People, mid-2011 = 100

CuxtonEnglandAll of Kent

Change by age, 2011 to 2024

CuxtonEngland

0 to 15−4%

16 to 29±0%

30 to 44−1%

45 to 64−6%

65 and over+32%

About 2,900 people in 2011; 3,000 in 2024.

Mid-2016 to mid-2017 brought the biggest yearly rise, 50 people. Split by age, the 65 and over changed most (+32%) and the 45 to 64 least (−6%).

Ages

Cuxton is older than 75% of UK towns: a median age of 48.2

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

CuxtonEngland’s towns

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

More residents are 70–74 than any other five-year age: 8.6% of residents, 1.8 times the share across England’s towns. For Cuxton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 26%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here, fewer than in just over two thirds of UK towns.

Median age of UK towns of 2,500+

2535455565

■ Cuxton, 48.2. The typical town is 44.4.

Broad ages · share of residents

Under 1515%

15 to 249.2%

25 to 4421%

45 to 6428%

65 and over26%

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

Cuxton

England

WomenMen

About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.

Students & newcomers

Cuxton sits below 99% of UK towns for residents who moved in within the year (5.4%)

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 students5.1%

Higher managerial and professional14%

Lower managerial and professional22%

Intermediate15%

Small employers and self-employed13%

Supervisory and technical6.5%

Semi-routine9.8%

Routine8.9%

Never worked or long-term unemployed5.9%

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Address a year before the Census

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

Cuxton

5.5%

England’s towns

11%

Moved within the UKTerm-time addressMoved from abroad

Moved in within a year

163

residents, 5.4%; England’s towns 11%

Of them from abroad

0.3× England’s share

Across England’s towns, a third of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Cuxton, 36% and 19%. Set beside that, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. Locally, 5.1% of adults are full-time students.

The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.

Households

Cuxton households average 2.5 people, larger than in 84% of UK towns

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

Living alone, 66+ 16%Living alone, under 66 7.6%Families with dependent children 27%Couples and families, no young children 47%Shared houses and other 2.4%

Against Kent’s towns and England’s towns

Cuxton

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

People per household

1 person23%

2 people39%

3 people15%

4 people16%

5 or more6.2%

England’s towns.

The share of households with dependent children trails 55% of UK towns: 27%. On the census count, 2.4% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home.

Homes & cars

A lower share of households without a car or van than 85% of UK towns, at 9.4%

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

Type of home

Cuxton

Kent’s towns

England’s towns

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedFlat or maisonetteCaravan or other

Cars or vans · share of households

No car or van9.4%

One33%

Two41%

Three or more17%

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

On the census count, 29% of households live in a detached house. The comparison figure for households without a car or van is 24% across England’s towns.

Where people were born

Residents whose main language is English make up 98% in Cuxton, more than in 66% 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%

Cuxton

5.8%

Kent’s towns

13%

England’s towns

18%

EU countriesRest of EuropeMiddle East and AsiaAfricaAmericas, Oceania, other

When those born abroad arrived

CuxtonEngland’s towns

Before 19711971–801981–901991–20002001–102011–132014–162017–192020–21

Main language · residents aged 3 and over

English is main language98%

Another main language, speaks English very well or well1.4%

Another main language, little or no English0.2%

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Set against 18% across England’s towns, 5.8% of residents were born outside the UK in Cuxton. As a reference point, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (3%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.9%).

Ethnicity & religion

More residents who describe themselves as Christian than 75% of UK towns: 54%

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

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

Other White3.2%

Asian1.5%

Mixed1.5%

Black1.3%

Other0.7%

0%6%12%

White British, not charted: 92% of Cuxton · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.

Religion · all residents

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

No religion38%

Christian54%

Muslim0.9%

Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist1%

Other religion0.5%

Didn’t answer5.4%

0%30%60%

With residents with no religion at 38%, Cuxton is behind 66% of UK towns on that count. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (3.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and African (0.9%). Residents who describe themselves as White British are rarer here than in 52% of UK towns. The usual figure: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns.

Relationships & caring

55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach

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 partnership55%

Separated1.7%

Divorced8.6%

Widowed6.5%

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

248residents give unpaid care to someone with an illness, disability or old age: 8.5%, against 8.7% in England’s towns

Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over

Up to 19 hours a week4%

20 to 49 hours1.6%

50 hours or more2.9%

8.5% of residents give unpaid care, about the same as across England’s towns. Measured more widely, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualifications reach 28% of adults

Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.

Highest qualification · residents 16 and over

No qualifications17%

Apprenticeship7.5%

A levels or similar17%

Degree level28%

CuxtonKent’s townsEngland’s towns

28% of Cuxton’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 17% have none (18%).

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 204th oldest of 514 UK towns this size

Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.

Cuxton 48.2

KeeleWest ChiltingtonSherburn

194265

At the ends of the range sit Keele (20.6), the youngest, and West Chiltington (63.1), the oldest. Nearest to Cuxton in age: Highley (48.2), Framlingham (48.2), Sturminster Newton (48.2) and Chipping Ongar (48.3).

Neighbours

Nearby, 3 of 7 towns have older populations than Cuxton

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

HallingRochesterShorneHighamSnodlandBurhamChathamCuxton

under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	People	Away	Median age	65+	Homes with children
Cuxton	3,039	—	48.2	26%	27%
Halling	2,926	1.4 mi	37.8	13%	35%
Rochester	67,279	2 mi	38.8	16%	32%
Shorne	1,038	2.6 mi	54.9	34%	21%
Higham	2,642	3 mi	50.5	29%	26%
Snodland	11,820	3.2 mi	38.6	16%	31%
Burham	1,293	3.4 mi	48.8	24%	23%
Chatham	76,956	3.5 mi	37.6	15%	34%

More about Cuxton’s residents

Health, work and homes have their own pages

Health B⁻Life expectancy, early deaths and Census health, adjusted for age Work & commute A⁻Income, the claimant count, jobs and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Owners and renters, prices, rents and council tax Schools B⁺Every primary and secondary, with results and inspections

How to read these numbers

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 Cuxton’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. Cuxton’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 3,039 people in 2021, against 3,039 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 Cuxton’s residents

What is the population of Cuxton?

The 2021 Census counted 3,039 people in Cuxton’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 3,000 people in mid-2024, 4% more than in 2011.

What is the average age in Cuxton?

The median age was 48.2 at the 2021 Census, older than 75% of UK towns. 9.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.

How diverse is Cuxton?

92% 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 Cuxton?

38% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.9% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.

Is Cuxton good for families?

27% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cuxton’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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