Photo: Efficacy at English Wikipedia · Public domainA smaller share of one-person households than 89% of UK towns: 24%
18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns, against 26% in East Peckham. At the 2021 Census East Peckham was home to 2,144 people in 880 households. Residents who describe themselves as White British: 96% of the total. Fewer households without a car or van than in nearly three quarters of UK towns: 11%.
Half of East Peckham is over 47.7, older than 73% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 50–54: 7.9% of residents. In St Mary's Bay, the oldest of Kent’s towns by this measure, it is 42%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Only 4% of adults are full-time students in East Peckham
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%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 35% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 23% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). On the census count, 6.9% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Full-time students make up 7.9% across England’s towns.
Larger households than 80% of UK towns: 2.4 people on average
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.
Households with dependent children are about as common here as across England’s towns, at 29%. Shared households of unrelated adults account for 3.6%.
24% of households live in a detached house, fewer than in 64% 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
Households in terraced houses: 17%, below 62% of UK towns. Locally, 8.4% of households live in a flat or apartment. Across the comparison, just over a fifth of households live in a detached house across England’s towns.
Residents born outside the UK: 3.4%, a lower share than 86% 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
Where 90% of residents have English as their main language across England’s towns, East Peckham has 99%. By way of comparison, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns.
Above 78% of UK towns: 54% of residents describe themselves as Christian
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 East Peckham · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents with no religion trails just over three fifths of UK towns: 39%. Residents who describe themselves as Christian: 46% across England’s towns, for comparison. After White British, the largest groups are Other White (1.8%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and Indian (0.3%).
A higher share of unpaid carers than 90% of UK towns, at 11%
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
The share of married adults and civil partners is 53%, against 44% across England’s towns. Typically, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. The census found that 28% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership in East Peckham.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 24% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 24% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 20% hold no qualification (18%).
1 of the 7 nearest towns are older than East Peckham
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 Peckham | 2,144 | — | 47.7 | 26% | 29% |
| Yalding | 1,549 | 2.2 mi | 46.5 | 22% | 28% |
| Paddock Wood | 7,616 | 2.4 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 28% |
| Hadlow | 3,168 | 2.4 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 25% |
| Five Oak Green | 1,436 | 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 31% |
| Wateringbury | 2,248 | 3.2 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 26% |
| Kings Hill | 9,963 | 4.2 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 47% |
| Plaxtol | 1,137 | 4.7 mi | 47.2 | 20% | 31% |
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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 Peckham’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 Peckham’s residents
What is the population of East Peckham?
The 2021 Census counted 2,144 people in East Peckham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in East Peckham?
The median age was 47.7 at the 2021 Census. 9.9% of residents were 15 to 24 and 26% were 65 or over.
How diverse is East Peckham?
96% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 3.4% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in East Peckham?
39% said they had no religion and 54% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 4.9% didn’t answer.
Is East Peckham good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on East Peckham’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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