Photo: Prioryman · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 99% of UK towns: half of East Farleigh is over 64.6
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in East Farleigh, 1.9. The 2021 Census counted 206 residents in 107 households. In East Farleigh, one in ten households have dependent children. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 34%, fewer than in 86% of UK towns.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns: 49%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Set against 12% across England’s towns, 6.3% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in East Farleigh. As a yardstick, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 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.
Only 4.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier in East Farleigh
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%.
Set against 7.9% across England’s towns, 4.1% of adults are full-time students in East Farleigh. The usual figure: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A lower share of shared households of unrelated adults than 99% of UK towns, at 0.9%
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.
By its share of one-person households (35%), East Farleigh is above 85% of UK towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%.
0.9% of households live in a flat or apartment, below 99% 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
The figure for households without a car or van is 10% in East Farleigh and 24% across England’s towns. As a reference point, 23% of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns. Across East Farleigh, 7.4% of households live in a terraced house. Households in detached houses are rarer here than in 64% of UK towns.
Residents whose main language is English: 100%, a higher share than 99% 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%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Across England’s towns the share born abroad is 18%; in East Farleigh it is 5.3%. By way of comparison, 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (3.9%) or in EU countries (0.5%).
60% describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% 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: 95% of East Farleigh · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British is 73%; East Farleigh has 95%. The benchmark for residents who describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns: 46%. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Indian (0.5%).
Fewer adults who have never married than 99% of UK towns: 16%
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
Unpaid carers make up 7.4% of residents, against 8.7% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. The share of married adults and civil partners stands at 62%.
A degree-level qualification for 29% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 29% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 27% hold no qualification (18%).
The towns around East Farleigh are all younger
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Farleigh | 206 | — | 64.6 | 49% | 10% |
| Coxheath | 8,453 | 1.8 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Maidstone | 109,503 | 2.2 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 32% |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 2.5 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 2.7 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 3.4 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Larkfield | 26,147 | 3.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 32% |
| Bearsted | 8,349 | 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 29% |
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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 East Farleigh’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 East Farleigh’s residents
What is the population of East Farleigh?
The 2021 Census counted 206 people in East Farleigh’s built-up area.
What is the average age in East Farleigh?
The median age was 64.6 at the 2021 Census. 6.3% of residents were 15 to 24 and 49% were 65 or over.
How diverse is East Farleigh?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in East Farleigh?
34% said they had no religion and 60% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is East Farleigh good for families?
10% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on East Farleigh’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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