Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Eynsford is older than 90% of UK towns: a median age of 51.3
39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, against 26% in Eynsford. There were 729 households in the village at the 2021 Census, home to 1,676 residents. For Eynsford, the census puts households in detached houses at 43%. At 10%, the share of households without a car or van is lower than in just over four fifths of UK towns.
What the Census says about Eynsford’s people
Older than most towns
Half of Eynsford’s residents are under 51.3 and half over, against 44.4 in the typical UK town. 27% 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).
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 87% of UK towns: 8.4%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Against a figure of 18% across England’s towns, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Eynsford comes in at 27%. To put it in context, 12% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across England’s towns.
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 smaller share of full-time students than 80% of UK towns: 4.1%
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 residents who moved in within the year is 6.9%, against 11% across England’s towns. The comparison figure for full-time students is 7.9% across England’s towns.
Households with dependent children: 23%, a lower share than 86% of UK towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% across England’s towns, 1.9% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home here. On average, 29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns. There are 2.3 people in the average household. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of UK towns.
Below 61% of UK towns: 17% of households live in a terraced 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
Set against 23% across England’s towns, 10% of households live in a flat or apartment in Eynsford. The usual figure: 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 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
Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (2.5%) or in the Middle East and Asia (0.8%). For comparison, nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. 5.1% of residents were born outside the UK, a lower share than in 63% of UK towns.
Eynsford sits above 82% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (56%)
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: 92% of Eynsford · Kent’s towns 82% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
At 37%, the share of residents with no religion is in line with the figure across England’s towns. The wider picture: 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. After White British, the most common groups are Other White (3.9%), Mixed or multiple (2%) and Pakistani (0.4%). Lower than in 51% of UK towns: 92% of residents describe themselves as White British.
In Eynsford, 55% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 87% 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
For 40 residents, unpaid care runs to 50 hours or more a week. Set beside that, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. 9.3% of residents give unpaid care, a lower share than in 52% of UK towns.
Adults qualified to degree level or above: 37%
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
With 37% of its adults qualified to degree level, Eynsford compares with 34% across England’s towns; another 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Eynsford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eynsford | 1,676 | — | 51.3 | 27% | 23% |
| Farningham | 1,279 | 0.8 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 28% |
| Horton Kirby | 1,247 | 2.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 28% |
| West Kingsdown | 4,306 | 2.3 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 22% |
| Crockenhill | 1,569 | 2.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 24% |
| Swanley | 17,209 | 2.8 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 32% |
| South Darenth and Sutton at Hone | 4,091 | 2.9 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 29% |
| Hextable | 4,100 | 3.5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 26% |
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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 Eynsford’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 Eynsford’s residents
What is the population of Eynsford?
The 2021 Census counted 1,676 people in Eynsford’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Eynsford?
The median age was 51.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Eynsford?
92% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 82% across Kent’s towns. 5.1% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Eynsford?
37% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 5.4% didn’t answer.
Is Eynsford good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Eynsford’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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