Photo: Chris Whippet · CC BY-SA 2.0Half of Eastry is over 51, older than 89% of UK towns
24% of households have dependent children; across England’s towns the figure is 29%. On unpaid carers, Eastry sits higher than 88% of UK towns: 11%. At the 2021 Census, 2,388 people lived here, in 1,024 households. Census figures put households in terraced houses at 15% here.
What the Census says about Eastry’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Eastry’s residents are under 51 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 28% are 65 or over, against 18% across England’s towns. Ages ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
In Eastry, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 84% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
One in ten residents are aged 15 to 24, against 12% across England’s towns. Against that, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Residents who moved in within the year make up 8% in Eastry, less than in 65% 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%.
4.9% of adults are full-time students, against 7.9% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A larger share of shared households of unrelated adults than 94% of UK towns: 4.4%
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 in Eastry hold 2.3 people on average (England’s towns: 2.4). The village has fewer one-person households than 57% of UK towns, at 29%. The usual figure: 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns.
Households without a car or van: 11%, 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
9.5% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, the share of households without a car or van is 24%. On the census count, just over a third of households live in a detached house.
A lower share of residents born outside the UK than 75% of UK towns, at 4.2%
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
Against a figure of 90% across England’s towns, the share of residents whose main language is English in Eastry comes in at 99%. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (2.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%).
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns: 95%
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 Eastry · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 37% across England’s towns, two in five residents said they have no religion here. Across the comparison, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Census figures put residents who describe themselves as Christian at 53% in Eastry.
Fewer adults who have never married than 67% of UK towns: 30%
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 tops 54% of UK towns: 49%. For comparison, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. Unpaid care takes 50 hours a week or more for 78 people.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 28%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 28% of Eastry’s adults, against 34% across England’s towns; 20% have no qualification (18%).
Eastry and its 7 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastry | 2,388 | — | 51 | 28% | 24% |
| Sandwich | 4,258 | 2.1 mi | 54 | 33% | 19% |
| Ash (Dover) | 2,529 | 2.5 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 26% |
| Eythorne | 1,487 | 3.7 mi | 51.6 | 25% | 22% |
| Wingham | 1,313 | 4.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 25% |
| Deal | 28,992 | 4.3 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 22% |
| Aylesham | 5,788 | 4.7 mi | 33.2 | 12% | 40% |
| Sibertswold | 1,619 | 5.1 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 23% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
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 Eastry’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 Eastry’s residents
What is the population of Eastry?
The 2021 Census counted 2,388 people in Eastry’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eastry?
The median age was 51 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 28% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eastry?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 4.2% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eastry?
40% said they had no religion and 53% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.2% were Muslim and 6.4% didn’t answer.
Is Eastry good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eastry’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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