Photo: Sunil060902 · CC BY-SA 3.0Younger than 99% of UK towns: half of Ebbsfleet Valley is under 30.5
46% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, against 39% across England’s towns. At the 2021 Census Ebbsfleet Valley was home to 2,989 people in 1,134 households. Census figures put households in flats at 30% locally. Few places have so few one-person households: 20% here, fewer than in 97% of UK towns.
What the Census says about Ebbsfleet Valley’s people
A town of families
49% of Ebbsfleet Valley’s 1,134 households had dependent children in 2021, more than in 99% of UK towns and the highest share in Kent. 28% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Younger than most towns
Half of Ebbsfleet Valley’s residents are under 30.5 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 6.5% are 15 to 24 and 1.5% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
More born abroad than anywhere else in Kent
28% of residents were born outside the UK, against 13% across Kent’s towns and 18% across England’s towns. The largest groups were born in Africa (9.4%) and in the Middle East and Asia (7.4%). Where people were born ↓
A mix of backgrounds
50% of residents described their ethnic group as something other than White British at the 2021 Census, more than in 98% of UK towns. The largest groups after White British are African (16%), Other White (9.4%) and Indian (8.5%). Ethnicity & religion ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area).
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of UK towns, at 1.5%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns, against 6.5% in Ebbsfleet Valley. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Ebbsfleet Valley, 30.5. The typical town is 44.4.
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.
In Ebbsfleet Valley, 16% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, more than in 97% 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%.
Across England’s towns, the share of full-time students is 7.9%; Ebbsfleet Valley has 4.4%. The benchmark for residents who moved in within the year across England’s towns: 11%.
A higher share of households with dependent children than 99% of UK towns, at 49%
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.
Across England’s towns, households average 2.4 people; in Ebbsfleet Valley, 2.6. Fewer shared households of unrelated adults than in 92% of UK towns: 1.5%. Households with dependent children: 29% across England’s towns, for comparison.
In Ebbsfleet Valley, 7.1% of households have no car or van, fewer than in 95% 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 detached houses: 20%, below nearly three quarters of UK towns. Typically, nearly a quarter of households have no car or van across England’s towns. 16% of households live in a terraced house.
A larger share of residents born outside the UK than 97% of UK towns: 28%
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 35%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
12% of the town’s residents born abroad came in 2017 or later, set against 21% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. In Ebbsfleet Valley, 88% of residents have English as their main language.
50% of residents describe themselves as White British, below 98% 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: 50% of Ebbsfleet Valley · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
6.2% of residents are Muslim. The wider picture: 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Ebbsfleet Valley has fewer residents who describe themselves as Christian than 94% of UK towns, at 39%. Residents with no religion: 40% here and 37% across England’s towns.
In Ebbsfleet Valley, 4.3% of residents give unpaid care, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
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
Some 37 people give 50 hours or more of unpaid care a week. By way of comparison, 8.7% of residents give unpaid care across England’s towns. On married adults and civil partners, Ebbsfleet Valley sits lower than nearly three fifths of UK towns: 46%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 53% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
53% of Ebbsfleet Valley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 5.3% have none (18%).
Among 514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people, the 6th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Keele is the youngest (20.6); West Chiltington the oldest (63.1). Nearest to Ebbsfleet Valley in age: Greetham (27.9), Marham (30.1), Stewartby (31.2) and West Clyst (32).
Every nearby town is older than Ebbsfleet Valley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebbsfleet Valley | 2,989 | — | 30.5 | 1.5% | 49% |
| Swanscombe | 15,462 | 1 mi | 35.4 | 11% | 36% |
| Bean | 1,633 | 1.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 30% |
| Northfleet | 29,892 | 1.6 mi | 36 | 13% | 37% |
| Stone | 6,438 | 1.7 mi | 35.7 | 8.5% | 34% |
| Darenth | 2,588 | 2.6 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 35% |
| Istead Rise | 3,398 | 2.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 25% |
| Tilbury | 14,187 | 3.1 mi | 32.5 | 9.6% | 44% |
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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 Ebbsfleet Valley’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 Ebbsfleet Valley’s residents
What is the population of Ebbsfleet Valley?
The 2021 Census counted 2,989 people in Ebbsfleet Valley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Ebbsfleet Valley?
The median age was 30.5 at the 2021 Census, younger than 99% of UK towns. 6.5% of residents were 15 to 24 and 1.5% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Ebbsfleet Valley?
50% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 28% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Ebbsfleet Valley?
40% said they had no religion and 39% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 6.2% were Muslim and 4.7% didn’t answer.
Is Ebbsfleet Valley good for families?
49% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Ebbsfleet Valley’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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