Photo: Jonathan Billinger · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Densole is over 56.9, older than 98% of UK towns
Compared with 24% across England’s towns, 1.2% of households live in a terraced house here. The share of unpaid carers stands at 12%. Lower than in 96% of UK towns: 2.2% of households live in a flat or apartment. 888 residents in 398 households: that is Densole at the 2021 Census.
Densole ranks above 97% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 36%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
70–74 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 2.6 times the share across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.2% in Densole.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 lower share of residents who moved in within the year than 99% of UK towns, at 5.1%
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%.
The share of full-time students is 4.1%, against 7.9% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for residents who moved in within the year is 11% across England’s towns.
Densole ranks below 97% of UK towns on households with dependent children: 18%
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 are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 3.5%. At 26%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 82% of UK towns. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. Households average 2.2 people.
Above 95% of UK towns: 59% of households live in a detached house
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
Against a figure of 24% across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van in Densole comes in at 7.8%. 2.2% of households live in a flat, less than in 96% of UK towns; 59% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Above 82% 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
Here 5.5% of residents were born outside the UK, where the figure across England’s towns is 18%. Against that, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in EU countries (2.1%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.8%).
Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 59%, a higher share than 92% 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: 96% of Densole · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Of the other groups, the largest are Other White (1.4%), Mixed or multiple (0.9%) and Chinese (0.5%). Higher than in 83% of UK towns: 96% of residents describe themselves as White British. As a reference point, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Residents with no religion make up 33%, against 37% across England’s towns.
Only 22% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in Densole
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
56% of adults are married or in a civil partnership; across England’s towns the figure is 44%. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns.
Adults with a degree-level qualification: 23%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
In Densole, 23% of adults hold a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns, while 20% have no qualification at all (18%).
Densole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Densole | 888 | — | 56.9 | 36% | 18% |
| Hawkinge | 8,499 | 1 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 37% |
| Folkestone | 51,987 | 3.1 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 27% |
| Capel-le-Ferne | 1,962 | 3.1 mi | 59.8 | 40% | 14% |
| Lyminge | 1,918 | 3.1 mi | 55.1 | 37% | 21% |
| Hythe | 14,613 | 5.2 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 19% |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 5.3 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 23% |
| Dover | 36,349 | 6 mi | 40 | 18% | 28% |
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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 Densole’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 Densole’s residents
What is the population of Densole?
The 2021 Census counted 888 people in Densole’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Densole?
The median age was 56.9 at the 2021 Census. 7.2% of residents were 15 to 24 and 36% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Densole?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.5% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Densole?
33% said they had no religion and 59% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.6% were Muslim and 7% didn’t answer.
Is Densole good for families?
18% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Densole’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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